![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/nicola-sturgeon-will-wreak-permanent-economic-chaos-on-scotland-says-douglas-ross/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TELEMMGLPICT000313947649_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwVVuduJKBIVmdsWxwOVYZQY.jpeg&description=Nicola Sturgeon is drawing up a "programme for permanent economic chaos" in her new Scottish independence blueprint - despite Rishi Sunak's efforts to restore stability, Douglas Ross is set to warn. The Scottish Tory leader will use a keynote speech on Saturday to tackle head-on the First Minister's claim that voters should back separation to escape from the chaos instigated by Tory-led UK governments. He is expected to argue the turmoil of Liz Truss's calamitous premiership was a temporary phenomenon, which Mr Sunak has already started to address. In contrast, he will argue that Ms Sturgeon's revamped separation blueprint would wreak "permanent" damage, including by putting half a million jobs at risk by creating a hard border with the rest of the UK. Mr Ross will highlight Ms Sturgeon's lack of "credible plans" to deal with a separate Scotland's deficit, state pension or currency. The EU has cast serious doubt on her claim Scotland could avoid the euro as a condition of membership. 'Half a million Scottish jobs put at risk' He is also expected to use the speech to the Scottish Conservative Party convention in Edinburgh to target Anas Sarwar, his Labour counterpart, over his decision to join striking RMT workers on the picket line. The union has drawn up plans for strikes every Friday and Saturday in the festive period, including Christmas Eve. This would create havoc for Scots' Christmas travel and shopping plans. With Labour threatening to replace the Tories as the main opposition party in Scotland, Mr Ross will warn voters: "If they were in government, the whole country would be dancing to a tune set by the trade unions." He will also warn that Gordon Brown's upcoming blueprint for strengthening the Union by devolving more powers would fail, saying: "No amount of appeasement will persuade Nicola Sturgeon or the SNP to give up their obsession with independence." Mr Ross has faced ridicule from Ms Sturgeon and criticism within Tory ranks at Holyrood, after initial){kind=link}
Scottish Tory leader attacks First Minister’s independence blueprint, saying she has ‘no credible plans’
Nicola Sturgeon is drawing up a “programme for permanent economic chaos” in her new Scottish independence blueprint – despite Rishi Sunak’s efforts to restore stability, Douglas Ross is set to warn.
The Scottish Tory leader will use a keynote speech on Saturday to tackle head-on the First Minister’s claim that voters should back separation to escape from the chaos instigated by Tory-led UK governments.
He is expected to argue the turmoil of Liz Truss’s calamitous premiership was a temporary phenomenon, which Mr Sunak has already started to address.
In contrast, he will argue that Ms Sturgeon’s revamped separation blueprint would wreak “permanent” damage, including by putting half a million jobs at risk by creating a hard border with the rest of the UK.