THE publication of the latest GERS (Government Expenditure and Revenue for Scotland) figures has triggered the now-traditional annual feeding…
but would be cautious in thinking that Believe in Scotland, or any other independence group, has all the answers when it comes to advocating independence.
As Andy points out, Westminster/the UK Government – effectively the English MPs, don’t forget – will do all in their power to avert Scottish independence. I’ve said the same many times before. Yes, as Andy said, we have a rich legacy of constitutional law behind us but if we are unable to take the case to the appropriate court, or for that matter if nobody is willing to do so, then how do we assert our case and rights?At the end of the day, I was in broad agreement with the Scottish Government taking the case to the English Supreme Court. The reason being that before you can normally access a higher court, you have to exhaust all lower and domestic courts.
Unfortunately, you don’t have the scope here to narrate every point in a readers’ letters section. However, everybody that I have spoken to at length on the subject of a de-facto referendum and Westminster powers – their unwritten constitution – reaches the conclusion that the most likely scenario is a case being taken at some stage to The Hague, and probably all the way to the United Nations before Westminster relents and we can move forward with independence.
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