The SNP Energy Secretary has been accused of ‘brazen hypocrisy’ after attempting to offer an olive branch to long-suffering job creators in Scotland.
Stephen Flynn was unveiled in John Swinney’s new cabinet last week with responsibility for jump-starting the country’s sluggish commercial prospects.
But on Friday he took aim at the North Sea windfall tax – which he had previously backed despite warnings it would turn the NorthEast into an unemployment black spot.
He also tried to curry favour with Scotland’s entrepreneurs – even though he has just been elected to Holyrood on an SNP manifesto promising to hit high earners even harder.
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