tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961390540298963085.post7700958511287386830..comments2023-06-13T22:45:57.755+01:00Comments on Halliday Campbell WS: Law and the independence referendum: is there really a "debate" to be had?Halliday Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540080934028209043noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961390540298963085.post-13926410879341578002016-10-20T21:24:56.315+01:002016-10-20T21:24:56.315+01:00Ultimately the law in only what you wish it to be ...Ultimately the law in only what you wish it to be & it's effect upon those whom you wish it to legislate for/against.<br /><br />Of course, the ripping up of legislation is usually only conducted in extreme situations of anarchy & revolution but there are many cases where laws are simply ignored in times of peace.<br /><br />The barrier here is that Westminster will never willingly allow the dissolution of the Act of Union unilaterally by Scotland.<br /><br />But Scotland may yet declare it null & void. What happens after that though may range from street fighting, civil war, a Daily Mail anti Scottish orgasm or a handshake across the table & a polite, "Fuck off!".<br /><br />I think, short of a civil war, we'll experience all of the above. That's because patriotic BritNat zoomers will be incensed that a lot of folk have decided they no longer want to be part of Great Britain even if it really is a shite place to be.Graham Harris Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12929592259338606880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961390540298963085.post-26794315819911008112012-02-19T17:21:38.036+00:002012-02-19T17:21:38.036+00:00Well, yes, but what I was arguing was that even a ...Well, yes, but what I was arguing was that even a "yes" vote is a further step on from just arranging to ask the question. Asking a question has no "effect" and creates no momentum at all, legal or otherwise. The answer might, depending on what it is, but not directly and not a legal effect without an Act. It would only be that later Act that could be the object of any coherent legal challenge.Halliday Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14540080934028209043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961390540298963085.post-2609448057734315222012-02-18T21:06:17.119+00:002012-02-18T21:06:17.119+00:00A yes vote creates a moral and political momentum ...A yes vote creates a moral and political momentum but lacks legal effect, if your argument is correct (and I've understood you properly).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com