DOES the Scottish Labour leader think he’s some sort of British Oprah?
“Free bus travel for you!”, “Free bus travel for you too!”, “If elected I’ll build an entirely free bus network for the whole of Scotland!”
The Scottish Labour leader, who has even struggled to make himself known among the few voters his party has left (Even Scottish Labour voters don’t know who Richard Leonard is, The National, March 7), wants to “shift the balance from shareholder profit to public investment”.
Of course, there was glaring commission from his grand plans: how this fantasy will be funded.
I’m for more social policies, more so than you’re average person, but come on Richard! Do you think we’re all stitched up the back of the head?
Jerry McDonald
Dundee
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