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Ms McAlpine claims the UK Government plan to put the union flag on new driving licences is “imposing” a sense of UK identity on Scots - and undermines the “respect agenda” after the independence referendum.
Ms McAlpine said: “This is a political decision and the UK Government have been quite explicit about it being a political decision.”
UK transport minister Claire Perry says the move will foster a sense of “shared identity and national unity.”
But Ms McAlpine added: “A lot of people don’t share Claire Perry’s sense of identity and to impose it on people seems to have abandoned what we were told was the respect agenda after the independence referendum when a large number of people voted yes - not to be part of her sense of national identity.”
Union Jack driving licence plan criticised by MSP - The Scotsman
Ms McAlpine said: “This is a political decision and the UK Government have been quite explicit about it being a political decision.”
UK transport minister Claire Perry says the move will foster a sense of “shared identity and national unity.”
But Ms McAlpine added: “A lot of people don’t share Claire Perry’s sense of identity and to impose it on people seems to have abandoned what we were told was the respect agenda after the independence referendum when a large number of people voted yes - not to be part of her sense of national identity.”
Union Jack driving licence plan criticised by MSP - The Scotsman
