Monday, 24 December 2007

Gordon Brown - Scottish Claim of Right

The "Scottish Claim of Right", signed by Gordon Brown in 1988, read:

"We, gathered as the Scottish Constitutional Convention, do hereby acknowledge the sovereign right of the Scottish people to determine the form of Government best suited to their needs, and do hereby declare and pledge that in all our actions and deliberations their interests shall be paramount.”
"We further declare and pledge that our actions and deliberations shall be directed to the following ends:
  • To agree a scheme for an Assembly or Parliament for Scotland;
  • To mobilise Scottish opinion and ensure the approval of the Scottish people for that scheme; and
  • To assert the right of the Scottish people to secure the implementation of that scheme."
Seems clear enough to me, that he has been living up to this pledge to put Scotlands interests as paramount over the interests of the rest of the United Kingdom.
As an Englishman, I see no evidence that he cares for anything in England, except the votes required to keep him as Prime Minister. Every week there is further evidence that Scotland has developed into a different country with policies now markedly divergent (and some would say more beneficial) from England.
In Scotland
  • Student Tuition fees and Grants are non repayable.
  • Precription charges are free.
  • Free care for the elderly.
  • No foundation hospitals, so they will not be saddled with PFI debts in the future.
  • Police get their pay on time.
  • NHS car park charges are capped.
In England, none of the above applies, and now we find that they are even going to get free beaver.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous15 November 2011 at 13:24

    I think that they failed to deliver on the 'free beaver!' I was in Glasgow and it cost me 3 largers last week.

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