Huge legal setback to Scotland's attempt to break away from UK

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The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Scottish Parliament 'does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on Scottish independence' without the consent of the British government. 9News

does not have the power to hold a new referendum on independence without the consent of the British government.

The Conservative UK government in London refuses to approve a vote, saying the question was settled in a 2014 referendum that saw Scottish voters reject independence by a margin of 55 per cent to 45 per cent. During Supreme Court hearings last month, Dorothy Bain, the Scottish government's top law officer, said the majority of Scottish lawmakers had been elected on commitments to hold a fresh independence referendum.

 

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