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My interest in this topic, certainly a sensitive one in contemporary Scotland, was sparked by social media posts that were scathing about a letter published in The National, a newspaper that fervently supports the SNP, highlighting the xenophobic and anti-English sentiment contained in the letter as symptomatic of the bigotry that underlies Scottish nationalism, and indeed most nationalist movements. letter The full text is reproduced below. So now we have a part-time deputy leader. Angus is out of the country four days a week. He's an MP, he was the leader of the SNP caucus in London and now he's…

GIRFEC (Getting It Right For Every Child) is the Scottish Government's version of Every Child Matters. The name is funny because it doesn't mean doing the right thing for your child.In this system the individual is not the centre, but rather the collective, the average, the aggregate. Your children are the error in this system, and the authorities have an eye on the greater good. And of course that greater good needs them. They, not your children, become the centre of the system, the ones who bring essential relief to the ignorant masses. So, dear listener, if you are going…

In the July 2015 budget, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced “the great privatisation”. The sale of government assets, he said, would “deliver the biggest privatisation proceeds in history”. To everyone, this appeared to be just another aspect of so-called austerity. Appearances can be deceiving.Following Chancellor Osborne's Budget, UK Column filed a Freedom of Information request with the Treasury seeking details of “great privatisation”, but no details were released and, a year and a half later, the Treasury has still not provided the information requested.In its response, the Treasury pointed to the fact that information about big-ticket…

In mid-January 2016, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron called for unaccompanied Syrian refugee children to be resettled in the UK. “Ignoring the desperation of these vulnerable children will only make it worse,” he said. What could possibly go wrong?For many years, the UK column has reported on the national scandal of child protection in the UK. We have extensive experience working with victims of abuse, parents who have had their children illegally removed from them, and children sold on the adoption market, and have sought to understand the scale of child trafficking and child sexual exploitation.I say “tried” because it…

In the last few days, a very brave detective from the Metropolitan police has given public testimony about the systematic cover-up of child abuse that is widespread primarily in London, but also across the UK. He has described the nature and scale of child abuse, including grooming, sexual abuse, prostitution, trafficking and cover-up, involving the police, politicians, local authorities, social services and charities.Mr. LewisThis is an open letter to yourself as Minister for Police and Criminal Justice and to the wider public.I understand that you are currently Minister for Police and Criminal Justice and that your duties include:Victim and witness…

Perhaps I'm not alone in thinking that death has become a little too prevalent in nanny state politics in recent years. After all, humans have been dealing with death since the beginning of life, without the need for government assistance or large-scale aid. A media campaign to do so. Moreover, we are now flooded with propaganda and government edicts that promote fear of death. We are suffering from excessive alcohol intake, smoking too much cigarettes, not wearing seatbelts, cancer, obesity, lack of exercise, bad eating habits, AIDS, SARS, HIV, Alzheimer's disease, terrorist attacks, dementia, influenza, and the earth. Global warming,…

In January this year, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron launched a campaign to bring thousands of “unaccompanied” Syrian children to the UK. The campaign was initially rejected by the House of Commons but has gained momentum in recent weeks following its defeat in the House of Lords.No one is saying that unaccompanied orphaned children in Syria don't deserve help, but the UK's dismal record with children in its care is open to debate. Can the UK provide a safe and secure environment for Syrian refugee children when it has utterly failed to provide a safe and secure environment for British…

Holyrood will revoke the Treaty of Westphalia and adjudicate on the consequences.The Scottish Government's Secretary of State for Europe and International Development, Humza Yousaf, recently wrote to the Malawi High Commission in London to intervene on behalf of two Malawian nationals who have been arrested on suspicion of committing crimes in Malawi. The Herald, a Scottish nationalist newspaper, reported:.Yousaf sent a copy of this communication to James Duddridge MP at the Foreign Office, and eventually received a reply from Duddridge politely requesting that he refer all such communications to the Foreign Office in future.Mr. Yousaf A disgusting tweet The response…

a reader warned us British and French Medical Association AFMS. They wondered what this strange little organization was for. It states that it is a “professional organization promoting exchange between British and French doctors and medical students”.Apparently AFMS and its sister organization French Brittany Medical Association AMFB where you can exchange medical views and opinions and improve your knowledge of French and English in a friendly and professional environment.Judging by the party, the professional setup is very flexible, but what does it actually do? The UK column considers this to be a backdoor organization promoting and supporting backdoor EU integration…

A network of connections from the founding of a political charity called Common Purpose by powerful international banks, through secret meetings to set up the Media Standards Trust, to the creation of a highly politicised furor by the Hacked Off campaign for government control of the British press and media, through the government's own agent, Leveson. Formed in the mid-to-late 1980s, Common Purpose has grown into a powerful and insidious political charity with one goal: to transform British society into a uniquely communal model. Shared Purpose The company has never revealed the identities of its founding donors or explained how…