I’VE been reading some disturbing suggestions recently and never expected a member of parliament to come up with what Adam Tomkins came out with. To suggest that the UK use force to keep Scotland as part of the UK smacks of dictatorship rather than the democracy we are meant to be living in. I can of course understand an off-the-cuff remark from someone who is not as experienced politically as an MSP, or in Adam Tomkins case both a politician and a law professor. Ireland is a prime example of what happens when you try and force a country to remain in a union they don’t want. It has been 100 years since the partition of Ireland and the fallout is still going on. Is that what Adam Tomkins and Douglas Ross really want, or is this another daft proposal by bonkers Boris given to one of his lackeys to see what the fall-out is like?
Tories move indyref2 goalposts after Ruth Davidson s 2017 comments resurface
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Scotland cannot be held in the Union against its will
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Adam Tomkins says the UK Government should look to Spain for inspiration as it attempts to stop Nicola Sturgeon holding indyref2 SCOTLAND should be strong-armed into staying in the Union by force of law, a Scottish Tory MSP has suggested. Adam Tomkins, in a column for the Spectator, argued that the UK should be held together with “something rather more robust” than “consent”. The assertion has prompted accusations from pro-independence parties that the Conservatives have abandoned all pretences of adhering to the principles of democracy. Tomkins, a law professor at the University of Glasgow, cited the example of Spain, where courts ruled it was unlawful for Catalonia to hold a vote on independence. The Madrid crackdown involved police brutality against peaceful voters and the imprisonment of pro-independence leaders over charges of sedition.