tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post1353688511410683580..comments2024-03-29T07:09:11.017+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: One word, Mr McTernan : desperateJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-76248968123028432822010-07-14T01:03:12.641+01:002010-07-14T01:03:12.641+01:00Yes, I think the likes of Jim Murphy wanted to hav...Yes, I think the likes of Jim Murphy wanted to have their cake and eat it. He had no intention of doing anything about it for the reasons you give, but he wanted Catholics to know he was with them <i>in his heart</i>.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-65386449903826857742010-07-13T12:02:26.626+01:002010-07-13T12:02:26.626+01:00One problem for any attempts to repeal the English...One problem for any attempts to repeal the English Act of Settlement 1701 is that the Act only applies to England was extended to cover Scotland via the Treaty of Union. In fact this was one of the main drivers for the Treaty of Union, to ensure that the Scots did not choose a different King to England at some time in the future which they were perfectly entitled to do at the time.<br /><br />To allow a catholic Scottish Monarch they would have to repeal Article 2 of the Treaty of Union.<br /><br />Another problem is that the Act of Settlement in England was also superceded by the Treaty of Union Article 2 since the Treaty of Union applies to England as much as it does to Scotland and they would have to repeal that article of the Treaty of Union to allow a catholic English Monarch on the throne, not just amend the Act of Settlement.<br /><br />Nobody in the British state wants to go near the Treaty of Union in case it derails their Britishness agenda.<br /><br />Like a lot of Labour politicians John McTernan hasn't a clue about what he's talking about.DougtheDughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02952281599715356995noreply@blogger.com