If Brexit marked one important milestone on the road to Scottish independence, this was surely the next:
"Rishi Sunak’s government has blocked legislation passed by the Scottish parliament that would make Scotland the first part of the UK to introduce a self-identification system for people who want to change gender."
#GenderRecognitionAct #ScottishIndy #RishiSunak #ScotlandAct #IndyRef2
#indyref2 #scotlandact #rishisunak #scottishindy #genderrecognitionact
#Legal commentator @rozenberg on the #ScotlandAct, Scotland's #GenderRecognition legislation, and the #UK #EqualityAct
#GenderRecognitionReform https://rozenberg.substack.com/p/scottish-gender-recognition-who-decides-a41
#genderrecognitionreform #equalityact #uk #genderrecognition #scotlandact #legal
#Legal commentator @rozenberg on the #ScotlandAct, Scotland's #GenderRecognition legislation, and the #UK #EqualityAct https://rozenberg.substack.com/p/scottish-gender-recognition-who-decides-a41
#equalityact #uk #genderrecognition #scotlandact #legal
https://rozenberg.substack.com/p/scottish-gender-recognition-who-decides-a41 a good piece on the ins and outs of the #ScotlandAct and legislative competence challenges, in light of #GenderRecognitionReform
#scotlandact #genderrecognitionreform
The limits of the #ScotlandAct is what's been shown in the ruling. It has no mechanism in it to hold a referendum. Compare the Northern Ireland legislation - it does.