Scots will be hard to silence

Sir, – With regard to the Scottish Government’s EU Continuity Bill, it was this week claimed that: “The SNP pushed its alternative to Westminster’s Withdrawal Bill through the Scottish Parliament” (Courier, Wednesday, April 18).

However, the EU Continuity Bill is not only an SNP motion; it was a Scottish Government plan, opposed only by the “Scottish” Tories.

The bill safeguards Scotland’s powers after Brexit, from a power grab by Westminster.

The Bill was passed overwhelmingly by 95 votes to 32, showing the Parliament’s vow to protect Holyrood from the claws of Mrs May’s minority Government.

The legal challenge to this bill is a blatant attack on both Scottish and Welsh devolution, and the EU Continuity Bill designed to stop this assault is within the legal remit of Holyrood, according to Lord Advocate James Wolffe, the Scottish Government’s top legal adviser.

Attempts made by Westminster to strip the Scottish Parliament of powers is a direct attack on democracy (as they have already recently bypassed Parliament), and the Scottish Parliament’s ability to act in the best interests of Scotland, rather than serving the current occupant of the Oval Office.

If the minority Tory Government continues to pursue this policy of forcing subservience to their malign Withdrawal Bill, and to a Government that Scotland didn’t vote for, they will find us difficult to silence.

Lloyd Melville. East Garden Cottage, Duntrune.