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Centre on Constitutional Change
Alternative Published Date
2022
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The Supreme Court judgment on the legality of a Scottish independence referendum is to remove democratic rights.
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The first decision was to accept the case at all.
The second decision was that a referendum, albeit consultative, would affect the union.
Third, the UK Supreme Court argued that, precisely because a referendum would be an expression of the democratic will of the Scottish people, it would have political consequences and therefore be illegal.
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