WHAT DO THE OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES SAY?

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said: “The SNP’s 14 years in government is a woeful record of chronic failures and a betrayal of communities across Scotland.

“Only the Scottish Conservatives have the strength and determination to put that right by depriving the SNP of a majority in May, blocking another divisive independence referendum and instead ensuring our parliament focuses on building back from the pandemic.”

Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said: “Across the board, the people of Scotland have been let down by the SNP and their obsession with division, rather than solutions for a fairer Scotland.

“It’s an insult to the public that the SNP now attempts to hide its atrocious record in office by recycling manifesto policies that they have previously promised but failed to deliver and have no plan to implement.”

Scottish Greens energy and environment spokesman Mark Ruskell said: “The SNP has a bad problem with setting targets and lacking the ambition to meet them. They parade their targets on climate at any opportunity but Scotland has missed them for the last two years in a row, mainly because of emissions from road traffic.”

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie said: “Mental health waits were long before the pandemic, the fuel poverty target was missed and the landfill target breached. They promised thousands of jobs in Lochaber and Bifab which have not materialised.

“If big promises created jobs, the SNP would have delivered full employment by now.”