WHY are our SNP representatives so shy at coming forwards?
On Tuesday night on The Nine, Rebecca Curran was questioning Humza Yousaf on the current state of affairs within the Scottish National Health Service. Her main line of attack was regarding the lengthening waiting times for medical procedures.
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Humza Yousaf sounded very defensive in his answers, finishing with a remark about how times had been improving prior to Covid. No mention of the fact that the Scottish Health Service had been drained of funds courtesy of the Westminster government. No mention of austerity.
Can our representatives in the SNP not develop some backbone? Sorry Humza, but your effort was useless.
Douglas Stanley
Ayr
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