Monday 30 May 2016

Micromanaging the Scottish People

Zoe Williams draws attention to further attempts by the Scottish establishment to control its underlings. Sorry, population. Specifically as a man who says he doesn't want to hector women, tells us that women with any kind of health problem, or suffering from domestic abuse, should not have children until they've pulled themselves together.

It's a common theme in Scottish politics, this desire to keep the populace well-regulated and under the thumb. So you have to live a "good life" to have a baby - like it's some kind of reward for working hard for RBS and being a good Scots Nat.

In other news, the Scots government lowered the drink-drive limit a couple of years ago, and introduced a smoking ban in pubs 10 years ago. Now it has discovered that Scotland is a "nation of home drinkers". Well, imagine a well-known expression involving the discovery by Mr Holmes of Baker Street that he has run out of natural garden fertiliser. If you are surprised that if people can't drive home after one pint of beer, and can't smoke in pubs, they might drink at home, you probably shouldn't be consulted for your views on public health policy, as you clearly have no concept of what consequences are.

So the poorer people of Scotland, sitting in their lonely homes, drinking in front of Britain's Got Talent with a fag in their hand, wait anxiously in case the Glasgow health police knock on their doors to tell them they'd better not think about having sex without contraception. I don't think the Scots should have been allowed to have a referendum on their independence. Their mistresses and masters clearly don't think think they could be trusted with that much responsibility.

2 comments :

  1. From the Scottish Government web site:

    Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000;
    "The Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (the '2000 Act'), will abolish all remaining feu duties on 28 November 2004 (the 'appointed day'). Compensation will be payable to former superiors by vassals for the loss of the right to feuduties on the same basis as the redemption provisions of the Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974. The Superior may claim compensation for feu duty within 2 years from 28 November 2004. If no claim was made within the 2 year period, the superior would lose their right to compensation. Sections 7 to 15 of the 2000 Act deal with feu duty: The following links are to both the Act and its Explanatory Notes (see paras. 36-68".

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  2. The kirk used to micromanage the Scottish people until it ceased to believe in God and relinquished the task to the State.

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