Even Scotland's Top Lawyer Thinks Indyref2 Is Illegal!

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-62051703
...oh dear!

[Peter Pedant]

oh golly
that will probably bring down the govt !
( ter daah !)

[FatticusInch]

Indyref schmindyref.

[douglas9401]

Staff at Holyrood have requested that arch Tories stop scratching around for a diversion from developments in Westminster.

MSPs are trying to remain dignified and straight-faced and the frantic scrabbling noises are disturbing their equilibrium.

[Peter Pedant]

scratching around....
it's the rats in the basement
( that is a line from Baby jane innit)

[FatticusInch]

douglas9401
//Staff at Holyrood have requested that arch Tories stop scratching around for a diversion from developments in Westminster.//

Must admit I’m rather looking forward to PMQ’s tomorrow to hear Blackford’s summing up of the weeks events.

[DTCwordfan]

The Caviar Queen will be doing her Krankie nut....

[THECORBYLOON]

She hasn't said it would be illegal.

The submission shows she hasn't the necessary degree of confidence that it would fall within the power of the Scottish Parliament.

The submission states,

"When introducing the Bill it will be necessary for the Minister introducing it to state that in his or her view such legislation would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish
Parliament.[...] any Bill must be accompanied by a statement, which has been cleared by the Law Officers, that
the Bill is within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.[...] The Lord Advocate needs to have the necessary degree of confidence that a Bill would be within devolved competence in order to “clear” such a statement.

In the present case, the Lord Advocate does not have the necessary degree of confidence."

There is cleary an area of doubt and the Supreme Court has been asked to give their view on that doubt.

[Peter Pedant]

Corbo
Jesus the prose is a little - - impenetrable

illegal OK stop using that and sub 'ultra vires' - beyond their powers

and the Supreme Court has been asked to give their view on that doubt.

you heard it from me first - the court will say we dont do 'what ifs'
For the obvious reason that IF the court says yeah go ahead
and Leddy of Holyrood then enacts a bill that does indyref, back into EU, paradise on earth and free whiskey
then everyone looks a bit stupid when she says - "oh but the court said I could!"

that point is not too foo-foo for AB is it? - one really never knows

I would EXPECT some scots elected rep to say - if a bill looks ultra vires (if it were passed etc) - " look you cant do this"
rrather than " oh goody, lets see if the supreme ct will swallow it"

[Peter Pedant]

Corbo impenetrable prose
i have penetrated it !

the Lord advocate say - no - - dice no

The process for billing in Scortland is
here is a bill boys and gurlz
and the Lord Advocate he thay - yeth

and it is clear that the Lord Advocate on the script given WILL ( not may) say no/

end of - - who usually says that

[Peter Pedant]

erm what is doubrful about

the Lord advocate has to have confidence

and

In the present case, the Lord Advocate does not have the necessary degree of confidence."

that is a no, not a maybe