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The SNP has slammed Baroness Ruth Davidson for her silence and rolling back on promises she made to the fishing industry as it suffers as result of Brexit.
Since Scotland was dragged out of the EU against its will the fishing industry has suffered from mountains of red tape and problems at the border, but Baroness Davidson has been silent on the issue.
That is despite making promises in 2018 in a joint letter with arch Brexiteer Michael Gove that she would ‘ensure that British fishermen's interests are properly safeguarded.’
Fisheries across Scotland have said that Brexit has decimated the industry as they struggle to sell their catch to the lucrative EU market, but Baroness Davidson has not said a word in favour of fishermen, putting her cushy seat in the unelected House of Lords ahead of their businesses.
It comes as Scottish fishermen lined the streets of Whitehall with their lorries to protest the injustices that have been thrust upon their industry.
Commenting, SNP MSP Stewart Stevenson said:
“At a time when the Scottish fishing industry is looking for help and support from Scottish political leaders, the silence from Ruth Davidson has been deafening as she looks to protect her ermine cloak and place in the House of Lords come May.
“The fishing industry have been the victims of a litany of broken Tory promises and Ruth Davidson is the perfect demonstration of that having made promises alongside Michael Gove to properly safeguard the industry, but the opposite has happened with Brexit putting many firms on the brink of collapse.
“In a time of crisis, Ruth Davidson has been nowhere to be seen, but the SNP will continue to stand up for Scotland’s fishermen and mitigate the worst effects of Brexit.
“The Tories sold out Scotland’s fishing industry on the way into Europe and now they’ve sold them out again on the way out, as we always warned they would.
"The only way to protect Scotland’s fisheries is to become an independent country at the top table of the European Union.”
“The fishing industry have been the victims of a litany of broken Tory promises and Ruth Davidson is the perfect demonstration of that having made promises alongside Michael Gove to properly safeguard the industry, but the opposite has happened with Brexit putting many firms on the brink of collapse.
“In a time of crisis, Ruth Davidson has been nowhere to be seen, but the SNP will continue to stand up for Scotland’s fishermen and mitigate the worst effects of Brexit.
“The Tories sold out Scotland’s fishing industry on the way into Europe and now they’ve sold them out again on the way out, as we always warned they would.
"The only way to protect Scotland’s fisheries is to become an independent country at the top table of the European Union.”
