Hamish Macdonell - budget row spills outside Holyrood

ANYONE who thinks the budget row is confined to Holyrood should think again. The Tories apparently took the opportunity to hand out leaflets waring that the sky would fall in because of the budget defeat.
According to Labour, the leaflet was handed out at railway stations and on the streets, warning of council tax rises and and the slashing of public sector budgets - all because Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens united to defeat the budget.
Labour immediately took issue, accusing the Tories of spreading lies and demanding the party withdraw the leaflet.
"This is despicable and baseless scaremongering with not one iota of truth. The Tories lost the vote yesterday and have egg on their face," said Michael McMahon, a Labour MSP.
Tensions are still running high, it seems.
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