Scottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court Decision Debate
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Colum Eastwood
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Scottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court Decision
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Colum Eastwood (Foyle) (SDLP)
A former Member of Parliament for Cork City once said:
“No man has the right to fix a boundary to the march of a nation. No man has the right to say to his country, ‘Thus far shalt thou go and no further’.”
Of course, this Parliament no longer has a Member for Cork City, because Charles Stewart Parnell was right. This United Kingdom is clearly not a partnership of equals—that has been made absolutely clear today—so when will the Government publish clear criteria for how the people of the north of Ireland can leave it?
