Ian Blackford MP delivered his address to delegates at last week’s SNP spring conference, with a focus on Brexit and the budget.
From the podium, the MP for Lochaber, Ross and Skye said: ‘Just a year ago the public went to the polls with the promise of better and more stable government from Theresa May. What materialised could not be further from the truth and she has delivered absolutely nothing but further uncertainty and insecurity.
‘The Tories think they can do anything they want to Scotland and get away with it … And still Theresa May’s government continues to drag us down the catastrophic course of a hard Brexit, bluntly ignoring the will of the Scottish people. Yet, the Prime Minister expects us in Scotland to simply take her word for it that her party has Scotland’s interests at its core. ‘A hard Tory Brexit will cost up to 80,000 jobs in Scotland.