Appearing on the BBC’s flagship political program on Sunday morning, the SNP’s Westminster leader joked that the election had clashed with Scotland appearing in the eurozone.
Asked about a “mistake” by the SNP, he said: “I don’t think I spent enough time in Germany with the Tartan Army because of the election campaign. They reduced me to just one day.
“I wanted to be there for the full 10 or 11 days, so that was the biggest mistake we made. We should have sent me to Germany to stay there for the whole time I was there.”
BBC presenter Kuenssberg challenged Flynn over the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ analysis of his party’s manifesto.
Kuenssberg said: “Their favourite tactic in this campaign has been to attack Labour and the Conservatives with this ‘conspiracy of silence’.
“Now, that was a criticism from the independent number crunchers at the IFS, saying that they are not telling the truth about all their funding plans.
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“But the IFS also takes their plans into account. They say their independence plans would involve higher borrowing and major tax rises or spending cuts if Scotland were independent.
“What do you tell them about that?”
Flynn said: “What we would of course say initially is that when we look at this general election, there is that conspiracy of silence.
“There are £18 billion worth of public sector cuts agreed by both Labour and the Conservative Party. That is a choice they are making in this election.
“We, of course, oppose that. We believe there should be investment in our public services, investment in our NHS, and we should get away from this race to the bottom of austerity that exists in Westminster.
“It doesn’t work. It has torn the fabric of society apart over the course of the last 14 years. I don’t understand why Keir Starmer would want to continue with that, knowing the damage it has caused.”
Flynn further highlighted how the IFS had “analyzed the SNP Manifesto and highlighted that the £30 billion we believe could return to the Treasury could be invested in public services, as a result of rejoining our friends and neighbors in the European Union.” , it was something they considered reasonable.”
He continued: “Labour doesn’t want to be in the single market. It doesn’t want to be in the customs union. It doesn’t want freedom of movement. We believe in something different.
“The SNP believes in something different and that is why the people of Scotland should trust us.”
