IF you needed proof that the Scottish Tories care more about independence than Brexit look no further than the party's Twitter feed.
Ross Colquhoun, the SNP's head of digital, pointed out on Thursday it had been 42 days since the Scottish Tories mentioned Brexit on Twitter.
🐘 It is now 4️⃣2️⃣ days since @ScotTories mentioned Brexit on Twitter. #voteSNP #EUelections2019. pic.twitter.com/nI5yhyIHag
— Ross Colquhoun (@rosscolquhoun) May 9, 2019
It has now been 44 days, with the party last tweeting about Brexit on March 28.
After months, years even, of sanctimony from Sturgeon and her Brexit secretary, yesterday SNP MPs refused to back the very policy she has been demanding#FMQs
— ScotConservatives (@ScotTories) 28 March 2019
They briefly mentioned the EU on April 12 but we've heard nothing from the party about Brexit – which would destroy the Scottish economy – since.
Nationalists aren't interested in a successful departure from the EU - all they want is to stoke division and use every opportunity to call for #IndyRef2 pic.twitter.com/tesBEatoj7
— ScotConservatives (@ScotTories) 12 April 2019
In contrast, in the same time period, the Scottish Tories have tweeted about Scottish independence a whopping seven times.
1.
Here’s Sturgeon’s record:
— ScotConservatives (@ScotTories) 28 March 2019
➡️Angrily demands that the PM goes
➡️Angrily complains when the PM does go
➡️Then angrily declares that the PM’s decision to go makes the case for independence#FMQs
2.
The number of children leaving school in SNP Scotland without a single qualification to their name is on the rise.
— ScotConservatives (@ScotTories) 20 April 2019
Nicola Sturgeon said education would be her number one priority – yet today she’s talking about independence yet again.https://t.co/L501GyuadG pic.twitter.com/xoqDFzYvuK
3.
Sturgeon should stand by her own test on holding #IndyRef2
— ScotConservatives (@ScotTories) 21 April 2019
She made her view clear: if people didn’t back independence, she wouldn’t propose a referendum.https://t.co/EEPoSQQWhd pic.twitter.com/06L401TPTi
4.
Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed she will give an #indyref2 ‘update’ tomorrow
— ScotConservatives (@ScotTories) 23 April 2019
Once again she is focusing on her plans for independence, rather than the big challenges that Scotland faces right now. pic.twitter.com/jT7Tqq32th
5.
In the independence referendum campaign the First Minister pledged we should keep the UK pound forever - because that was “in the best interests of Scotland.” #FMQs
— ScotConservatives (@ScotTories) 2 May 2019
6.
We're fighting to win the 2021 election so we can take the question about independence off the table once and for all.
— ScotConservatives (@ScotTories) 3 May 2019
#SCC19 pic.twitter.com/fxvT0MEkXU
7.
🎥WATCH:
— ScotConservatives (@ScotTories) 6 May 2019
We want to take independence off the table altogether so we can start focusing on the things that really matter in Scotland. pic.twitter.com/A5hSBTdxf5
The trend follows the party's European election leaflet which only mentions Brexit once but mentiones either independence, Nicola Sturgeon, indyref2 or the SNP an astonishing 28 times in one page.
READ MORE: Tories reveal obsession as leaflet mentions indyref2 more than Brexit
It sounds like Ruth Davidson's party is running scared that Scotland will finally gain its independence from Westminster.
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