“In years to come, I believe people will be asking how it was that government walked by on the other side when thousands of children were suffering abject deprivation, and failed to support them in their hours of need,” he said.
He described the poverty he had witnessed in his home town of Kirkcaldy, where 70% of children were in poverty in some neighbourhoods, as the worst he had seen in his lifetime.
“In 2010, we were helping 100 children at Christmas [through charity schemes]. Last Christmas, it was 1,800,” he said.
Broon has to stop getting air time. Britain literally voted for this time and time again. Scotland had a chance to change course ten years ago, and he was instrumental in stopping this. This is happening in his backyard because of him, and until he owns his failings he can shut right up