well well, and sturgeon was in talks with frackers last week, with a low oil price she has to get dough from somewhere as she aint got enough without raising taxes next year to honour anti austerity measures amongst many other pledges, I didnt know anti fracking played a part in swaying no voters !!! Key comment : "Anybody critical of the SNP faces a barrage of accusations of undermining the SNP and the Scottish Government... of scaremongering. But the reality is the SNP government has got to be held to account like any other."
John Wilson, the MSP who quit the SNP last September, submitted questions in March and despite being told in April he would get a reply from Mr Ewing "as soon as possible", is still waiting. Mr Wilson, who sits as an independent but will stand as a Green candidate next year, said: "I find the Scottish Government is being disingenuous. It would be useful if they came clean sooner rather than later on whether they intend to allow fracking and UCG.
"It would be interesting to find out if the First Minister and Energy Minister have been pulling the wool over the eyes of not only the electorate but a large number of party members during the Westminster campaign who wore anti-fracking badges with the SNP logo on them.
"Anybody critical of the SNP faces a barrage of accusations of undermining the SNP and the Scottish Government... of scaremongering. But the reality is the SNP government has got to be held to account like any other."
During the general election campaign, the SNP adopted the 'Frack Off' slogan and presented itself as anti-fracking with many members and parliamentarians strongly opposed. In his maiden speech at Westminster, Martyn Day, the MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk said of fracking "I just dinnae like it" and vowed to oppose any applications.
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