Scotland would have little freedom in EU

Sir, - It is a delicious irony that the named person scheme, so vigorously pursued by the SNP, should be scuppered by an EU ruling on human rights.

It is a similar situation to the European Court of Justice ruling on the minimum pricing of alcohol which overturned the Scottish Parliament’s planned legislation.

Nicola Sturgeon’s beloved EU has certainly slapped her in the face and illustrates very positively that an independent Scottish Parliament within the EU would have no sovereignty whatsoever in domestic affairs.

Why Scots are prepared to stomach this is, quite frankly, beyond comprehension.

Ms Sturgeon seems fixated in getting “independence” from Westminster only to be subsumed in an EU superstate, which would lead to total domination by a supranational government controlled by an unelected, unaccountable political elite favoured and encouraged by big banks and big business.

And as far as saying that an independent Scotland could influence EU policy is like saying that Kirkcaldy Community Council could influence and shape Scottish Government policy (though to be fair they may have a better chance influencing Holyrood than Scotland would have in influencing the EU Commission).

But don’t expect the SNP to give up trying to take your children into their state-sponsored guardianship.

Mr Swinney has indicated SNP politicians are going ahead to implement, one way or another, the named person scheme.

It’s what authoritarian nationalism is all about and Ms Sturgeon is its most ardent advocate.

The Supreme Court put it very succinctly and it should be a warning for all freedom loving Scots: “The first thing that a totalitarian regime tries to do is to get to the children, to distance them from the subversive, varied influences of their families, and indoctrinate them in their rulers’ view of the world.”

Picture: PA. Anti-named person protesters outside the Supreme Court.