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Many people are asking me about the legal options if @BorisJohnson continues to frustrate #indyref2. @NicolaSturgeon will announce her plans later this week & for obvious reasons I’m not going to speculate. However #bbcgms just had a very good discussion
From 2 legal academics @AileenMcHarg & @PeatWorrier. It was a fair summary & less downbeat than some commentators. I won’t be saying anything for now except we must always remember in this situation litigation can only ever be a route to restoring democracy
Which is what I & my colleagues did with the #prorogation case. We restored democracy so parliament could perform its proper function. Independence is a political decision for the people of Scotland not for a court
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A welcome independent take on last nights @afneil interview with @NicolaSturgeon from @akmaciver. Independent experts will tell you that joining the #EU is a process, been done in last 25 years by countries as diverse as Finland, Austria, Slovenia and Poland
And #Scotland is ahead of all these countries in having spent 46 yrs in #EU. Of course establishing an #Independent country takes some time but plenty of countries have done it whether Slovenia & Czech Republic or Baltic states throwing off Soviet bloc..
Naturally there will be technical work to be done, technical but it’s not rocket science. It’s been done before and from a standing start
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Joanna Cherry QC MP
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A thread on why I think it’s right for me as an @theSNP MP to take legal steps to prevent no deal imposing damage on Scotland’s economy while my @scotgov colleagues have the strategy for #Indyref2 in hand. 👇
The Union between Scotland and England is often compared to a marriage which has broken down and is teetering on the verge of divorce. #NoDealBrexit is akin to one partner openly talking about draining the joint account and burning down the house
You would unquestionably go ahead and divorce them if they carried out the threat but it's not in your financial interest to let them do so first. The threats alone would be sufficient grounds for divorce.
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Joanna Cherry QC MP
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The Tories have steadfastly ignored the democratically expressed will of Scotland’s voters and parliament to stay in the EU. Now we face a no deal Brexit with potentially catastrophic damage to Scotland’s economy, society & culture.
It is unconscionable that the incoming PM should simply do away with the Westminster Parliament to make #NoDeal the default. We must take all steps we can to prevent prorogation. Please support our cross party action in the Scottish courts
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📣 @NicolaSturgeon is making a Parliamentary statement on the outcome of the 2019 UK General Election. Nicola Sturgeon at a polling booth
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Small thread on the lack of empathy on the British side about EU's lack of flexibility on four freedoms and vassalage. /1
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