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15-01-2012, 13:51
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The issue of Scottish independence has been much in the news recently. But, as Tim Black argues here (http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/11970/), while Salmond claims to be campaigning for Scottish freedom, in practice he is busy extinguishing freedom on the ground.
Since its establishment over 10 years ago, the Scottish Parliament has certainly made use of its devolved powers. Indeed, there’s barely an area of private and public life north of the border in which members of the Scottish parliament (MSPs) have not had a significant impact. Impressive is not the word; repressive is more accurate. In fact, informed less by the electorate than by the clamour of campaign groups and myriad professional bodies, the Scottish government has shown itself to be a world-leader in some of the pettiest, mealy-mouthiest authoritarianism around.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5623537812609722663-7893507452239468617?l=pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com
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The issue of Scottish independence has been much in the news recently. But, as Tim Black argues here (http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/11970/), while Salmond claims to be campaigning for Scottish freedom, in practice he is busy extinguishing freedom on the ground.
Since its establishment over 10 years ago, the Scottish Parliament has certainly made use of its devolved powers. Indeed, there’s barely an area of private and public life north of the border in which members of the Scottish parliament (MSPs) have not had a significant impact. Impressive is not the word; repressive is more accurate. In fact, informed less by the electorate than by the clamour of campaign groups and myriad professional bodies, the Scottish government has shown itself to be a world-leader in some of the pettiest, mealy-mouthiest authoritarianism around.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5623537812609722663-7893507452239468617?l=pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com
More... (http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2012/01/free-to-be-unfree.html)