Scottish Independence
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »
Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »
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The Scottish government cannot hold an independence referendum without UK government’s consent, the Supreme Court has ruled. Lord Reed, who is the president of the Supreme Court, announced the unanimous ruling on Wednesday at 10.00am. He told the court that “the Scotland Act gives the Scottish Parliament limited powers”. The Scottish Government had argued that Holyrood… Read more »
Matt Qvortrup, political scientist, outlines the steps required for a country to become independent. In his book, ‘I want to break free’, he sets out both the practical and theoretical phases in creating a new stand-alone state and the merits and difficulties this can face. Alicia Fitzgerald spoke with Matt about this through a Scottish… Read more »
