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Here’s what I said on the consent principle tonight on #NolanLive
The consent principle in the Good Friday Agreement has 2 elements - firstly it related to the consent of the majority of people in the event of a border poll (1/5)
The consent principle in the Good Friday Agreement has 2 elements - firstly it related to the consent of the majority of people in the event of a border poll (1/5)
The second element relates to the parallel consent mechanism which is designed to create cross-community support for votes in the Assembly. The McCord case which went to the Supreme Court in London was fought on the basis that Brexit breached the principle of consent. (2/5)
The Supreme Court found that the principle of consent in the GFA did NOT mean that the majority of people in the north had to consent to Withdrawal of the UK from the EU for it to be lawful and that the constitutional status of the north was not impacted by Brexit. (3/5)
