The first minister was at the People’s Pantry in Govanhill on her Glasgow Southside constituency this morning to urge voters to “send a message to Boris Johnson” in next month’s election. However, the party invited only the BBC and Bauer, saying that space was limited as they began the campaign “with a cost-of-living visit and not with a formal opening event”. Opposition parties have accused the prime minister of hiding out of control. The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Alex Cole-Hamilton, described the decision as “a remarkable display of arrogance and cowardice by the Prime Minister”. “It is more like a control that avoids the antics of Donald Trump than the actions of a leader who satisfies the history of her government,” he added. READ MORE: Sturgeon Accused of Avoiding Control as SNP Blocks Media From Election Despite the fact that they were not invited, journalists from The Herald and The Scottish Sun watched the opening of the party and were given some time to ask questions to the Prime Minister. When Mr. Cole-Hamilton was charged, Ms. Sturgeon said she could not stand the scrutiny. “I do not think any of this is true. Because of the cramped space in there, we did not invite people in there because space is limited, but this is a public path, you are here. Clearly, then, I do not shy away from the press. “I think if you go back in the last two years, in particular, I would have answered more questions from the press than any other politician in the whole of the UK, which is right because that’s my job. “Therefore, this is not the presentation of our manifesto, as I saw many journalists claim this morning that it was, our manifesto will start next week, when you will be welcome to attend. I will be presenting the Glasgow Manifesto tomorrow, which I think the press is welcome to attend. So it’s just not real control. ” When it was mentioned here that we were not invited and we had to locate the place of the event, the Prime Minister said: “Clearly you have many initiatives. You see this narrowness of space in there. That’s why it was not an open invitation to everyone because it would not be possible. “I did an event this time last week at Queen Street Station, with a lot of space, where the print media was openly invited to come, very few were found. “There is plenty of access to me and I think the people standing here, I think I should probably have talked to you more in the last two years, albeit at Zoom, than I have talked to some of my family members.” When told she did not want journalists to be there or ask questions and that the party had chosen a small venue to launch her campaign, the prime minister replied: “If you think this is an inappropriate place for me. let’s start a city council campaign, given the cost of living crisis, a food closet that helps people who can not afford to feed their children, sorry, I just disagree with you on this. “And it’s a small space. We offered a pool installation due to the small space. So it was not that we were not prepared to ask questions. As soon as the broadcast media gave me a hard line of challenge, they did it on a group basis due to the small space. So this is not something completely unheard of. “It was not that there was no opportunity to ask questions, it was done based on the narrowness of the space. I’m here, I’m happy to answer any questions you want to ask me. “And it seems a little strange to me that you asked me questions about the fact that I do not answer your questions and I stand here and say ask me questions.” The Prime Minister said that the party did not take the elections for granted: “The last years have been very difficult for everyone and I think the SNP councils have shown strong leadership. This does not mean that there are no issues that councils face and still face. I’m an MSP here in Glasgow Southside, I know what those issues are. “But I think the SNP is the right party to continue to lead Glasgow and that is what I will do in the coming weeks.” Ms Sturgeon also defended her party’s call to use the local elections to send a message to the Boris Johnson’s government in London, despite the fact that the SNP is the largest party in Scotland’s local government. “I think these elections are municipal council elections. It concerns the local services, the local leadership, I think it concerns the cost of living crisis. We live in an age that is more serious about people’s ability to feed their children and warm their homes than most of us have ever experienced. “The Scottish Government, which is working with the councils, will continue to do what we can. In Scotland, unlike in other parts of the United Kingdom, people do not pay for prescriptions that do not pay for eye exams and do not pay for university education other than taxation. “We have lower average city taxes, water bills, fears for the railways, we just doubled the payment of Scottish children, we reduced the bedroom tax, we supported the Scottish welfare fund. “So we do what we can and we will continue to do it with the powers and resources we have. But most of these powers are held at the UK government level and most of the resources are controlled at the UK government level and Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have nothing to do with it and do almost nothing so there is a chance for people to send this message loud and clear. ” He added: “I just got in there in a food closet that serves people who literally can’t feed their children. Boris Johnson has the most leverage here to help and, therefore, I believe that every election is an opportunity to send a message to the people in power. “People will choose to do it for those in power locally, they will choose to do it if they want to in the Scottish Government, but they also have the opportunity to do it for Boris Johnson and Risi Sunak who do nothing. to help people right now, with the worst cost of living crisis we’ve ever had. ” The streets outside the start of the campaign were littered with rubbish, with a fly-fridge on the sidewalk opposite. Asked about the state of the city after five years of SNP administration, Ms Sturgeon said: “I represent this sector and I know these issues are important. But I also know that you will see cleaners do a fantastic job cleaning up this mess on a regular basis. “So councils everywhere are facing difficult situations. If you take into account the situation in Scotland, our budget at the Scottish Government level in this financial year has been reduced by 5 per cent in real terms. The decisions we took resulted in a real increase of about 6 percent in terms of total local government funding. “Therefore, we give priority to local services and we will continue to work with city councils to do that.” Ms Sturgeon also accused Labor leader Anas Sarwar of sexism after describing Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken as a “Nicola Sturgeon puppet” in presenting his party’s manifesto. The comment was, he said, “a bit sexist.” “She’s nobody’s a puppet. I have known Susan Aitken for a long time. I just think she’s a child,” Ms Sterzon added. Responding to the start of the SNP campaign, Scotland Labor Deputy Leader Jackie Bailey said the First Secretary could not “pretend not to be responsible for part of this cost-of-life crisis”. Ms Baillie added: “She is talking about sending a message, but under her government fewer Scots can afford it than ever before. “The SNP has been in government for 15 years – they are setting water bills and increasing train fares. “They have failed to support an unexpected tax on oil and gas companies that are making 44 44,000 in profits from rising energy bills per minute. “Nicola Sturgeon wants voters to send a message to the people responsible for this crisis. “It should – leaving the SNP and the Tories and voting for Labor on May 5.”
