Time for post office control to be transferred to Scotland

The confirmed closure of seven local post offices by the New Labour government in London tells us that Its time that control of the post office network in Scotland was transferred to the Scottish Parliament.

That is the view of SNP prospective parliamentary candidate, John McNally.

The popular SNP Councillor said,

“The decision by the Post Office network to ignore the needs as well as the views of seven communities being denied post office services in the future was the clearest demonstration yet that the so called consultation exercise was no more than a sham.

However, farce was added to tragedy by the comments of local New Labour MP, Eric Joyce with his demand for a meeting with First Bus to demand changes to the bus network to deal with his governments slashing of the number of local post offices.

The latest attack on the Post Office network is surely the final nail in the coffin of those who believe that the interest of Post Office customers are best served by retaining Westminster control over the network. Its time that management of the Post Office network in Scotland and its funding was transferred to Holyrood where there is a record of preserving public services.

Mr Joyce’s abject surrender of a service that is relied on by our elderly and other vulnerable demonstrates that his loyalty lies with the Westminster government rather than the people of the Falkirk constituency.”

Despite the assurance that all submissions would be considered on their own merit not one single threatened Falkirk post office was reprieved.

Earlier SNP MSP, Sandra Whyte, had exposed the fact that the Labour government had determined that every post office that was to be reprieved would require another to be identified for closure.