Lorna Slater, co-leader of the Scottish Greens, raises doubts about forming a government alliance with Labour, stating that it is difficult to determine their common ground. The current SNP-Green cooperation deal remains intact, but there are certain issues where the Greens can diverge from the SNP.
Scotland’s The Sunday Show, Lorna Slater was asked by presenter Martin Geissler if there was any scope for the Scottish Greens to do deals with political parties other than the
However, there are areas which are specifically excluded from the agreement, on which the Greens can differ from the SNP without breaching the deal.“No, she’s not right,” said Slater.“I can’t speak for any other political party, of course. But so often in my job every day when we’re trying to put in place support for industry or even support for households the answer is ‘we can’t do that, it’s not devolved’.
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