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Ed Miliband has refused to take any action to stop John Swinney’s overseas trips, leading to claims he is giving him the green light to ride roughshod over devolution.
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he → refuse → devolution
The Foreign Secretary said that the First Minister ‘can have his visits’ when he faced calls to end support for the trips.
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he → say → trips
It follows concerns about the use of taxpayers’ money on Mr Swinney’s visit to Dublin last year where he met Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald for talks on issues including the break-up of Britain.
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he → follow → Britain
The First Minister has also recently returned from a trade mission to India – one week after the UK Government held its own trip to promote Scottish exports including salmon and whisky.
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Government → return → salmon
As international trade is reserved to Westminster, it led to claims that Mr Swinney’s trip was nothing more than a ‘photo op’.
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trip → reserve → op
Tory MP John Cooper pressed Mr Miliband on the issue by highlighting that the Foreign Office facilitated the trip to Dublin where the break-up of Britain was discussed.
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up → press → Britain
He asked: ‘Why are British taxpayers paying for this nonsense?’
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taxpayers → ask → nonsense
Ed Milliband has been accused of allowing John Swinney to waste taxpayer's money on trips overseas
Mr
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Swinney → accuse → trips
Swinney visited India despite the UK government having already sent a trade envoy promoting Scottish whisky and other exports
Mr Miliband replied: ‘Our belief in the United Kingdom and keeping our United Kingdom together is absolute and clear.
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belief → visit → Kingdom
The First Minister of Scotland can have his visits.’
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Minister → have → visits
Following the exchange, Mr Cooper, MP for Dumfries and Galloway, has written to Mr Miliband to demand further talks on the issue.
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Cooper → follow → issue
He said: ‘The Foreign Secretary’s devil-may-care attitude is deeply worrying.
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attitude → say → ?
‘It’s outrageous that Mr Miliband is giving a green light to the First Minister to ride roughshod over the devolution settlement.
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Miliband → ’ → settlement
‘The SNP are at their worst when they blunder on to the world stage and now Mr Miliband has apparently opened the stage door to more.
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Miliband → blunder → more
This devolve-and-forget from Labour sees British taxpayers’ money squandered on plotting to break up Britain.
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money → forget → Britain
Mr Cooper has previously criticised the Labour Government for facilitating the Dublin visit but failing to ‘have eyes on Mr Swinney’ during a trip for talks with the head of a foreign government, given that international affairs are reserved to Westminster.
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affairs → criticise → Westminster
During the India trip, Mr Swinney said that bolstering trade and investment relationships ‘offers a golden opportunity for a wide range of Scottish businesses and for Scotland’s economy’.
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bolstering → say → economy
He came under fire in June for charging taxpayers nearly £45,000 for business class flights for him and two aides when he travelled to the United States to attend Scotland’s opening World Cup fixture.
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he → come → fixture
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