Monday 23 September 2019

Unicorns Are Not Real, Until They Are

At 10:30 tomorrow morning, the Union with Scotland will be doomed.

Either the Supreme Court will rule that the Parliament of the United Kingdom cannot be prorogued without its consent, since it is the constitutional successor of the Scottish Parliament that existed until 1707, in which case what is the Scottish Parliament that has existed since 1999?

Or the Supreme Court will rule that the Parliament of the United Kingdom can be prorogued without its consent, since it is not the constitutional successor of the Scottish Parliament that existed until 1707, in which case by what authority has it legislated for Scotland at least since 1999, if ever?

Of course the hugely ambitious Joanna Cherry knows all of this. I remain as opposed as ever to the principle of Scottish independence. I would campaign against it with every fibre of my being. But when the facts change, and all that.

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