General Election: Fife Tory hails ‘laser like focus’ at party’s manifesto launch

Jonny Gray spoke after the Edinburgh launch of the blueprint which had five key pledges: recruiting 1,000 extra GPs as part of a strategy to reduce waiting times across Scotland’s NHS; restoring our schools by backing teachers to teach and increasing subject choices for pupils; making our streets safer by recruiting 1,000 extra police officers and introducing longer sentences for dangerous criminals; cutting income tax and national insurance to help ordinary Scottish workers and families; and upgrading Scotland’s neglected roads, including the A9, A96, A90, A75, A77, A83 and A1

Mr Gray said that these are the issues voters are focused on, and added: “These are the issues that voters in Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy are concerned about, not the SNP’s independence obsession. Our manifesto has at its heart five key priorities focused on the issues that really matter to people, whereas the opening page of the SNP’s manifesto is solely dedicated to independence.

“People in Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy want to see crucial roads upgraded and councils given the funding to fix potholes. They want to see an end to long NHS waits and more GPs recruited to local surgeries so that they can get an appointment to see a doctor.

“Voters are worried about their children’s education after 17 years of the SNP presiding over Scotland falling down international league tables. They want to see extra police officers on our streets in Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy to help keep communities safe.

“And we will deliver much needed tax cuts for hard-pressed Scots who have been hit by the SNP making Scotland the highest-taxed part of the United Kingdom.”