Posted on 08/13/2014 9:29:18 AM PDT by BlatherNaut
Sadly, yes.
But there has been an uproar in Scotland. And a group is taking the Scottish Govt to court to have any law struck down as illegal, as it contradicts the Human Rights Act.
The UK is much better, despite problems, than the myth has it.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/23/scottish-children-government-appointed-guardians
(even the Guardian is against it!)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/487861/SNP-s-state-guardian-plan-against-the-law
http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2014/07/legal-challenge-state-guardian-launched/
http://www.christian.org.uk/news/invasive-state-guardian-plan-set-to-be-challenged-in-court/
If the Guardian thinks it is too extreme then I would have to wonder how this thing even gets to a vote.
Independence consistently trails in the polls, I predict at least a 10 point loss.
Scotland is part of what’s wrong with Great Britain, if they left it would be to the benefit of England and Wales and the new Independent Scotland would, at least initially, be a horribly run and borderline third world country.
They don’t want real Independence, since they still want to be part of the EU superstate (a bigger part of it than most in England would like). And that very sentiment undermines their cause.
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