SNP candidate: 'It's fair to say people are scunnered'

The SNP candidate in the upcoming Hamilton, Larkhall, and Stonehouse by-election has said “it’s fair to say people are scunnered”.

There’s just a week to go until voters head to the polls to select their new MSP next Thursday, June 5.

With First Minister John Swinney calling the by-election a “straight contest” between SNP and Reform, Katy Loudon claimed that Labour are “pretty much invisible in terms of their candidate”.

“They’ve been through all these years of Tory austerity and the way the UK Labour Government have conducted themselves in these months since coming into power – whether it’s cutting winter fuel payment or not compensating WASPI women – people are scunnered with that,” she said.

“There’s an awful lot of anger out there.

“I can understand why people are feeling scunnered but it’s a vote for the SNP that will stand up against those cuts.”

Speaking about her platform, Loudon said she wants to listen to “as many people as possible” and become a “real champion for this community”.

Loudon avoided naming Reform as her biggest challenger, but she did urge people who are concerned about the party’s rising popularity to vote SNP.

“If you are worried about Reform here, if you’re worried about their rhetoric, if you’re worried about their lack of policies or their comments on the NHS, or if you don’t want to wake up on June 6 with a Reform MSP, then you should vote SNP in this election,” Loudon said.

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