It's Scotland's politicians, not its parents, who need help from a Named Person

It is now official: the draconian 'Named Person Scheme' drawn up by the Scottish Government is completely unlawful. The recent, and unanimous, ruling of five judges in the Supreme Court against this contemptuous piece of legislation is nothing less than a victory for common sense.

And just in case the Scottish ministers at Holyrood, who devised this illicit “big brother” spying scheme, are still asleep, let them now hear what the Supreme Court judges are loudly telling them: wake up and dump your ridiculous proposals.

In reaching their decision the panel of five Supreme Court judges claimed that – wait for it – Scotland has been saved from a “totalitarian” curse. Their words make for deeply disturbing reading, when they said: “The first thing that a totalitarian regime tries to do is to get at the children, to distance them from the subversive, varied influences of their families, and indoctrinate them in their rulers’ view of the world.” These words are not only numbing and shocking, they are also downright scary. The judges wisely, and then rightly, added: “Within limits, families must be left to bring up their children in their own way.” And so they should.