WINNING TEAM RETURN FOR 2011 ELECTION

For Immediate Release - Sunday 10th October 2010

Attn: NEWSDESKS

      POLITICAL CORRESPONDENTS

PARTY TO CONTACT ONE MILLION VOTERS IN A WEEK

Angus Robertson MP is to lead the SNP’s campaign team for the 2011

election as the party announced it would contact one million voters to

mark the launch of the election campaign.

Moray MP and Westminster leader Angus Robertson will manage the 2011

campaign as the party’s campaign co-ordinator, returning to the role he

successfully fulfilled in 2007 which saw the election of the first ever

SNP Government.  Bruce Crawford will continue as the party’s Business

Convener a move which sees the leading figures from the 2007 campaign back

at the heart of the party’s campaign planning.

Confirming Mr Robertson's appointment SNP leader and Scotland’s First

Minister Alex Salmond said:

“Angus Robertson played a key role at the heart of the SNP’s campaign in

2007, leading our day to day efforts and helping revolutionise campaigning

in Scotland.  As we look to the 2011 election the return of Angus

Robertson as campaign manager sees that experience and success back at the

centre of our plans.”

Commenting on his appointment Angus Robertson MP said:

“It is a privilege to be asked to lead the campaign to see the election of

an SNP Government for a second term and we are getting straight down to

business.

“As a sign of our determination to put the people of Scotland at the heart

of this campaign the SNP will be contacting at least one million voters in

the coming week to hear their views on Scotland’s future and their

priorities for the next Scottish Government.

“We enter this contest from a strong position with Scotland’s only

credible First Minister and an experienced team from Cabinet to our

hardworking MSPs and community campaigners.

"And once again we will move politics in Scotland forward another gear

with new campaign methods and new technology.

"The people of Scotland have a clear choice. And I am confident they will

choose the experience and ambition of Scotland's Party, the SNP, over any

of the London based parties.

“Since 2007 much has been achieved. Waiting times in the NHS are at a

record low. Over 300 schools have been built or substantially refurbished.

There are over 1000 extra police on our streets and as a result, crime

rates are at a 30 year low. And of course the Council Tax has been frozen

now for three years, protecting family budgets.

"There is still more to do. That is why we will be campaigning for the

changes that will allow  Scotland to deliver economic growth and an

alternative to London’s dismal decade of cuts. And that is why we will put

the people of Scotland at the heart of our activities, inviting them to

join us and be part of making Scotland the better nation we all know it

can be."

ENDS