First the when and now the why: Salmond will spell out Yes campaign
ALex salmond will today attempt to show scots why a Yes vote would allow the nation to seize its own destiny.
An independent scotland would not get dragged into “illegal” wars like Iraq, or have nuclear weapons dumped on its territory, while welfare cuts such as the “bedroom tax” would be thwarted, he will tell the snP’s spring conference in Inverness.
The First minister will address activists 48 hours after revealing the referendum date – 18 september next year.
He will highlight the achievements of the scottish Parliament since 1999 – like free personal care, scrapping tuition fees and protecting police numbers – in his conference speech.
He will also point to a recent scottish social Attitudes survey that showed 71 per cent of people trusted the Holyrood government to act in scotland’s best interests – four times higher than the Westminster figure.
mr salmond said: “Conference will set out the ‘why’ of independence to the people.
“What won’t happen in an independent scotland will be getting dragged into illegal wars, having Trident nuclear weapons dumped on the Clyde for another 50 years, or the imposition of bedroom taxes.
“And what will happen will be the mobilisation of the human and natural resources of scotland to build a prosperous economy and just society.
“In six years, we have
taken trust in the scottish Government to a high of 71 per cent.
“With the partial independence the scottish Parliament has in health, education, justice, business support and social services, we have achieved much. And with the full measure of independence we get by voting Yes, we will be able to achieve much more for scotland.”
A poll by Ipsos mori showed