Anger at Labour stance on Catholic ban
NATIONALISTS have hit out at Labour after official papers revealed former first minister Donald Dewar believed the Act of Settlement had no place in modern society.
The act bans Catholics from becoming monarch and was the centre of fresh Liberal Democrat moves for a repeal at Westminster last week.
Documents obtained under freedom of information by SNP MSP Christine Grahame show Dewar, the inaugural first minister, acknowledged it was "no longer acceptable".
But his 1999 memo says any repeal would be a "long, drawn-out process" and claimed a silent majority found the debate "irrelevant".
Grahame said: "That is an utterly indefensible position."
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