Scotland Bill and its amendments

This bill is a stitch up and its amendments are designed to castrate the Scottish parliament. The Lords know that this bill will never be accepted by the Scottish parliament so you have to ask the question: "Why are they doing this?". Why is so much money being spent on generating a bill that will never see the light of day? The only conclusion that I can come to is that this is a political stick to try and bludgeon the Scottish parliament and, therefore, the aspirations of the Scottish people into submission. If this bill does not pass in the Scottish Parliament, and under the current administration, this Bill, as it stands with its amendments, has as much chance of passing in the Scottish parliament as I have of being the next monarch of the Scots. So what is the Bill really for. I am sure that the Bill, when first designed, was not to hamstring the Holyrood, but when it got to the House of Lords and Lord Foulkes of Cumnock got his grubby little hands on it the Bill suddenly changed into a spiteful attack on the democratically elected Government of Scotland.

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

So, back to the question: "Why are they doing this?". The only conclusion that I can come to is that a tiny part of the Bill will be of benefit to the Scottish peoples but the rest will, if made into law, basically take the parliament away from us. This way, the Unionist politicians and the Unionist media can have a field day ignoring the bad bits for Scotland and highlight the good bits so that they [the Unionists] can effectively say that they are trying to help Scotland but the nasty SNP has stopped the Scots from gaining more powers. Of course the media will not highlight the majority parts of the Bill where it is grabbing back powers from Holyrood, neither will they mention the other parts which effectively ban the First Minister of the Scottish Parliament from  being able to function on the international stage. This is Gerrymandering by the back door.
Just like the Calman Commission's attempt this Bill will never see the light of day in the Scottish Parliament. Westminster does not care one jot for the democratic processes in these Isles and is only interested in its own power and control. The Mother of Parliaments? More like the Mother of Tyranny.

List of Amendments

Thanks again to Melanie McKellar