Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson will criticise the SNP “sweeteners” being offered in the build-up to next year’s independence referendum.
In a speech to a Scottish fringe event at the party’s UK conference in Manchester, Ms Davidson will discuss the vote, as well as issues to do with the education system.
She is expected to say: “Facts mean nothing to them in their drive for separation.
“They say we’d continue to keep the pound in an independent Scotlandno evidence to back it up, of course, but if Alex Salmond says it often enough then it must be true.
“They said we’d be an automatic member of the EURight up until they were forced to admit their claims were all flannel with no basis in fact.
“And what about all those sweeteners? Here’s just a few of themEmploying more Border Agency staff.No idea how much it would cost.
“Introducing a fuel duty regulatorWhat’s the price tag? Can’t say, won’t say. Undercutting the UK’s rate of Corporation Tax by 3%. And let’s not forget their bolt-from-the-blue policy of renationalising the Royal Mail.
“So what does it all add up to? £32 billion of spending pledges without any hint of where the money would come from to pay for it all.”
Ms Davidson will also turn her guns on the Curriculum for Excellence programme.