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Flynn: Scotland will need strong SNP voice at Westminster after general election

Source: PA Wire

The SNP will be “Scotland’s voice” after the upcoming general election, the party’s Westminster leader has said.

Speaking ahead of the SNP’s so-called campaign council in Perth on Saturday, Mr Flynn took aim at both the Conservatives and Labour, claiming “Scotland’s values have never been further removed from Westminster”.

The Aberdeen South MP pointed to a statement from the , which accused both of the UK’s biggest parties of a “conspiracy of silence”.

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