Resist the Brexit power grab

Sir, – Oh for the heady days of the lead-up to the Independence referendum.

Who can forget the impassioned pleas of then-PM David Cameron imploring Scotland to Vote No and remain in the UK where we would see concrete change through greater powers being devolved to Holyrood?

Fast forward to now and we see the greatest threat to the Scottish Parliament and devolution ever mounted

by a UK Government as, under the guise of Brexit, it attempts to restrict the powers of Holyrood.

David Mundell, the Scottish secretary, whose job it is to promote and protect the very foundations of devolution, intends to ignore the majority will of Holyrood’s refusal to agree legislative consent for the Brexit Withdrawal Bill and proceed with the UK Government’s Brexit legislation.

Donald Dewar must be spinning in his grave at the way this UK Government is treating the Scottish Parliament.

Regardless of any political persuasion, or if you have ever had a free prescription, free university education, or been treated by the Scottish NHS, now is the time to make your voice heard. If we do not, the outcome is too scary to even contemplate.

I, for one, am sick and tired of being patronised and fooled by Westminster. Enough is enough, unless you want more meaningless and empty platitudes next time an independence referendum comes around. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice shame on me, as the old adage says. Graeme Finnie. Albert Street, Blairgowrie.