tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042131604091564151.post3712167663772885879..comments2023-08-13T09:15:04.565+01:00Comments on MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: Sovereignty - Where will it lie on a Yes vote?Mad Jock McMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088238215251518226noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042131604091564151.post-14357150362719121682014-01-27T13:39:25.105+00:002014-01-27T13:39:25.105+00:00Bringiton - as far as I understand it the Union Tr...Bringiton - as far as I understand it the Union Treaty is rescinded by a Yes vote because the considered will of the people of Scotland is paramount. This means the UK Parliament is reduced to being a cipher on 19th September 2014 until it is formally ended in March 2016. <br /><br />The Parliament of England and Wales (with NI) has to be recalled from its temporary suspension (an action itself which ends the Treaty of Union) as the UK Parliament as presently elected will have no legal or constitutional powers to pass any bills, acts or statutes for England and Wales except as the sovereign English Parliament. <br /><br />At that point all the bollocks about rUK falls around Westminster's feet.Mad Jock McMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088238215251518226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042131604091564151.post-28840984955542162802014-01-25T14:36:11.639+00:002014-01-25T14:36:11.639+00:00I hope you are right Peter,this would tie in with ...I hope you are right Peter,this would tie in with the current actions of the London establishment.<br />I am not being facetious but what happens immediately following a Yes vote?<br />Do we need to ask Westminster to agree (HoL and all that malarkey) or can Holyrood<br />simply pass a bill to say that the Treaty of Union is rescinded and get on with the business of dissolution of shared assets?<br /> bringitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712089398887269381noreply@blogger.com