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Scots campaigners blast 'nonsense'

Categorised in: Activism Politics
Scottish money

Scots language campaigners have criticised recent comments by the TaxPayers’ Alliance as “ignorant nonsense”. Rod Lovie, convener of Strathisla Scots Spickers, condemned recent attacks on Scotland’s languages and cultures by the London based TaxPayers’ Alliance.

The Alliance has argued that supporting Scotland’s languages is a waste of money, dismissing Scots as “slang”‚ and Gaelic as “non-essential”. Lovie said he was, "astounded" that the Alliance had made the remarks. "They appear to know very little about Scotland's languages and culture and are labouring under the delusion that only English speakers pay taxes. Scots speakers pay taxes too and have every right to expect a return from the public purse."

Lovie was supported by Bob Fairnie, secretary of the campaigning group, Scots Tung. According to Fairnie comments by the TaxPayers’ Alliance represent, "the kind of knee-jerk prejudice that we had hoped had died out long ago".