Westminster has the right - if no present intent - to repeal the 1997 Devolution Acts and to revert to the Status Quo Ante. (View Post)

Reverting to the arrangements which operated over a period of almost 300 years would hardly be that revolutionary - though it does not appear to be contemplated at present.That ,in itself, does not r… (View Post)

But an advisory referendum boycotted by the pro-Union parties which produces a 75% - 80% Yes vote on a 45% turnout will carry little weight at all. (View Post)

Legally the Brexit Referendum result could have been ignored, but the political willl to do that did not exist. An advisory Referendum held in defiance of Westminster would be a very different matter. (View Post)

But in advance of the Brexit vote there were political statements made to the effect that the result would be honoured - that it was De Facto binding if not De Jure. There is no such political intent… (View Post)