Rishi sunak: all you need to know — scottish national party

Rishi Sunak is the UK’s new Prime Minister – the third Prime Minister in the space of two months. He’s now the 10th Tory Prime Minister since 1955 that Scotland hasn’t voted for, only

elected by around 0.0005% of the UK’s population – Tory MPs at Westminster. > 🚨 Rishi Sunak will become the UK’s next Tory Prime Minister – > the 10th since 1955 that Scotland hasn’t 

even voted for. >  > 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Only with independence can Scotland > escape this broken Westminster system. >  > ✍️ Pledge your support for Scottish independence: > 

https://t.co/yHa1Lb34dQ pic.twitter.com/4402y1FLW0 >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) October 24, 2022 He has come into office as the Tories crashed the UK economy and failed to properly act on

the cost-of-living crisis, with ordinary people paying the price of Westminster control. Here are 6 things you need to know about Rishi Sunak. 1. ONE OF THE UK’S RICHEST PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT

IT’S “SILLY” TO PROVIDE ENERGY SUPPORT FOR THE POOREST At a time when millions are struggling with the Tory cost-of-living crisis, the UK is being lead by a man who is even richer than the

monarch. Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty, are sitting on a combined fortune of about £730m – roughly double the estimated £300m-£350m wealth of King Charles III and the Queen Consort.

Meanwhile, as people’s energy bills were skyrocketing, Rishi Sunak said it was “silly” to provide support. Worse still, he’s preparing to impose a new wave of austerity cuts which will

further harm the already struggling public services, pushing more people into poverty. > ⚡️ Across the country, thousands are struggling to pay energy > bills. >  > 🚨 But Tory 

Chancellor Rishi Sunak said it would be "silly" to > provide more support. >  > 🗳 Send the Tories a message – #VoteSNP on May 5 in #Council22 > for real action on the 

cost-of-living crisis. > pic.twitter.com/120CBI9H6I >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) April 28, 2022 2. BOASTED ABOUT TAKING MONEY OUT OF “DEPRIVED URBAN AREAS” TO HELP WEALTHY TOWNS During

the Tory leadership contest in the summer of 2022, Rishi Sunak boasted to Tory party members about redistributing public money from “deprived urban areas” to wealthy, Tory-voting towns. Just

like John Major diverting cash from the Highlands to the south-east of England to boost dwindling support in 1992, Rishi Sunak is likely to do the same – completely undermining the UK

government’s own ‘Levelling Up’ agenda and proving beyond doubt that it’s nothing more than a baseless slogan. > 🚨 As the Tory cost-of-living crisis continues to harm households > and 

businesses, the Tory leadership contenders are busy trying to > out-Thatcher each other. >  > ✖️Rishi Sunak is even boasting about wanting to pull a reverse > Robin Hood on the 

vulnerable to support the wealthiest. > pic.twitter.com/mzM1bfURIg >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) August 17, 2022 3. BROKE THE LAW OVER ILLEGAL LOCKDOWN PARTIES Just like his former boss

Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak was fined by the police for breaking Covid laws during lockdown and attending gatherings. While telling everyone else to respect the rules that they’ve created,

the Tories were partying away in Downing Street – laying bare their view that it’s one rule for them, and another for the rest of us. It is also alleged he has misled Parliament, responding

to an urgent question about the initial Partygate revelations in December 2021 with “No, I did not attend any parties”. > 📣 Rishi Sunak, December 2021: "I did not attend any 

parties." >  > 🚨 Rishi Sunak, today: fined for breaking the law over > lockdown-breaking parties. >  > 👉 Tories think it's one rule for them, another for the rest of

> us. Rishi Sunak must resign. pic.twitter.com/iwF7VkmSKx >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) April 12, 2022 4. SLASHED UNIVERSAL CREDIT FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE While he was Chancellor, Rishi

Sunak has ushered in a new era of Tory cuts, slashing Universal Credit for families during a cost of living crisis – while consistently opposing measures to support struggling households.

In October 2021, during the pandemic, Sunak has cut Universal Credit by £20 a week, imposing the biggest cut to social security since World War Two, and affecting 480,000 families in

Scotland. Meanwhile, people on legacy benefits, which includes many lone parents and disabled people, have been altogether excluded from UK government’s additional support throughout the

pandemic. > 🚨 The UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak just cut Universal Credit by > £1040 per year. >  > ⚠️ One-third of households receiving Universal Credit will have > their income 

slashed by 20% – pushing 60,000 Scots into poverty. >  > 📢 We cannot trust the Tories to protect the people of Scotland. > pic.twitter.com/CUxXDbOJA1 >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) 

October 6, 2021 5. THOUGHT THAT DARLINGTON IS IN SCOTLAND When asked by The Spectator if he’d be spending a lot of time in Scotland as Prime Minister, he responded by saying: “People can see

I take that seriously… I set up the economic campus in Darlington.” Darlington is 85 miles away from the Scottish border, and only 10 miles from Rishi Sunak’s own constituency of Richmond.

While he doesn’t appear to know much about Scotland, his comments about bypassing the Scottish Parliament laid bare his attitude to Scottish democracy. In an interview with The Herald, Sunak

claimed that the Tories have the ‘right’ to bypass Holyrood in deciding how to spend money in devolved areas in Scotland, reaffirming the Tory power grab. > Sunak seems to think 

Darlington is in Scotland. > pic.twitter.com/TWBjRxV6iN >  > — John Harris (@johnharris1969) July 20, 2022 6. AND HE’S PREPARING TO UNLEASH ANOTHER ROUND OF BRUTAL AUSTERITY CUTS

With Sunak as Prime Minister, the UK is headed for another round of devastating cuts to our public services and to welfare spending – cuts that nobody in Scotland voted for. The decade of

Tory austerity – which came as a result of political choices, rather than a necessity, already contributed to over 330,000 excess deaths across the UK, according to a new report by the

Glasgow Centre of Population Health. Despite austerity likely causing more deaths than Covid, the Tories are determined to plough ahead with more cuts – making households pay through their

teeth for the mistakes of a UK government. > 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We introduced and we're doubling the > Scottish Child Payment – but Tory austerity policies negate the > progress we make, 

and push more people into poverty. >  > ✂️ Whenever Scotland takes one step forward, UK Tory governments > drag us back. >  > 🗳️ Let's choose a better future. 

pic.twitter.com/hCq83KIqSx >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) February 1, 2022 LET’S CHOOSE A BETTER, FAIRER FUTURE WITH INDEPENDENCE Rishi Sunak is another Tory Prime Minister with no mandate

in Scotland, but we can choose a better future. As an independent country, Scotland will always get the governments we vote for – instead of having to rely on Westminster politicians we

reject, with all the wrong values and the wrong priorities. We will be able to escape the long-term damage of Brexit – supported by both Tories and Labour – and rejoin the EU to open up new

trade routes and regain opportunities. We will be able to properly invest in our people and our public services, just like other independent countries similar to Scotland’s size – instead of

accepting even more Westminster austerity. TO HELP US WIN SCOTLAND’S INDEPENDENCE, PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT TODAY AND CLICK HERE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CAMPAIGN. > Scotland can choose a 

brighter future than Westminster chaos and > decline. >  > ✅ Full democratic powers > ✅ Rejoining the EU > ✅ Greater workers' rights > ✅ Ending wage discrimination

> ✅ £20bn investment >  > The power to build that better Scotland is in your hands. > https://t.co/bkLETLohJ9 pic.twitter.com/CgmVSW7AWj >  > — Yes (@YesScot) October 17, 

2022