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RUTHERGLEN. Burnside. Stonelaw Road, Rutherglen.

The SNP's Business Ambassador, Ian Blackford MP, and Cabinet Secretary Neil Gray MSP join SNP candidate for the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, Katy Loudon, in Burnside as they speak to various small business owners.

Transcript
00:00 My name is Katie Loudon, I'm the SNP candidate in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.
00:08 So we're currently standing in Stonelaw Road in Burnside and we're here this afternoon
00:13 to visit some small businesses and to have a chat to them.
00:16 So I've got a couple of people today, I've got Ian Blackford is over today and Neil Gray
00:19 is here as well and we're looking forward to going in and speaking to some businesses
00:22 about some of the challenges that they're facing just now and some of the opportunities
00:26 they've got as well.
00:27 We're getting very good feedback on the doorstep, the campaign's going really well.
00:32 I'm proud of the records which I'm standing on in the SNP and the records which I'm standing
00:37 on in council in the SNP as well.
00:39 So I'm well known in the area, people are pleased to see us, they're pleased to see
00:43 us coming out as well.
00:44 This is the important part, is coming out and listening to people's priorities and people's
00:48 concerns as well.
00:50 And what's also cutting through is just the bit of the mess which Labour are in at the
00:54 moment.
00:55 So Starmer is saying one thing when he comes up here when he deigns to come and visit the
00:59 constituency, their candidate is saying another.
01:03 Whether that's on the two child cap, whether that's on austerity politics, whether that's
01:07 on Brexit and that message is cutting through to people as well because they know that by
01:11 voting for the SNP in this by-election they're going to get somebody who stands up for this
01:15 area, stands against Brexit, stands against cruel Tory policies and that candidate is
01:20 me.
01:21 Our vote is very much holding up the people which we speak to.
01:24 So people in this area can see what happens if Labour get a little bit of power in this
01:28 area because Labour are currently running the council.
01:30 And the issues which are important to people, so whether that's looking at the sports club
01:36 fees which their children are having to pay, whether they're looking at the service which
01:39 they're getting from the local authority just now, that's the kind of issues that are at
01:44 the forefront of people's heads.
01:45 And also anything to do with the cost of living crisis, that's the number one issue which
01:49 is coming up when we're speaking to people on the doors.
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