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| Kevin McKenna (journalist) |
The SNP’s social diktats
are a betrayal of the Yes movement
by Kevin McKenna (The Herald, Sat 13 July 2019)
The SNP are ever watchful lest those vile Westminster Tories come like thieves in the night to steal away some of Scotland’s devolved powers […] This week the First Minister took part in a power-grab of her own […] They participated in the hijacking of a bill to keep Northern Ireland running in the absence of devolved government by using it to liberalise abortion law and same-sex marriage. This was a coup carried out by the UK’s metropolitan elite and the SNP’s part in it was hypocritical and shameful. […] It will pass into law if Northern Ireland’s main parties can’t restore power-sharing by October 31 […] They must have known that 64 per cent of the people of Northern Ireland...are opposed to the UK making a legislative intervention such as this.[…] The SNP seem bent on harrying many of its supporters to a place where they are forced to choose between the party and their faith. For many, the Christian faith is the bedrock of their political beliefs. […] The SNP’s hypocrisy and cowardice in its Northern Ireland power grab...will haunt them in any future referendum.[etc]
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