Electoral liability
One interpretation of this decline in SNP popularity is the dramatic failure of the Scottish Government to tackle the ever-increasing toll of fuel poverty. This is largely due to its obstinate adherence to an energy policy that is not fit for any purpose other than enriching landowners and big energy corporations at the expense of consumers.
People are becoming increasingly hostile to the reckless government commitment to subsidise wind energy directly out of consumers’ pockets; a strategy that imposes the most severe burdens on the poorest and most vulnerable members of the community. At what point will this finally be recognised by politicians as an electoral liability?.
Ken Brown
Deputy leader
Alliance Party of Scotland