Contrary

I had seen this short video clip floating about Twitter, but hadn’t watched it until now (a Lord commenting on the constitution ,,, meh), but it’s not actually meh, it makes a very good point:

https://mobile.twitter.com/PeoplesAS30/status/1226912334532218880

A lot of ‘uk’ constitutional law (effectively it is English constitutional law, Scotland’s was ignored in the treaty of union) is based on *precedent* – that is, judges will look at how something was done before in the past when making a judgement on a similar thing now – so what this Lord is saying, that by allowing the first referendum to be held only in Scotland, the union government effectively gave up their sovereignty on the matter. It is, in actual fact, an argument (not the whole of a case I’d think though) that can be used in court for saying a referendum is wholly up to the Scottish Government. M-hm, I do love it when more little pieces align. The Union Government needs to respond to Forward as One case letter by 14th of February btw. I eagerly await the Union Government’s response.

In Favour of a Wildcat Referendum, I would also declare that I am totally in favour of a wildcat referendum. Wildcats are on the verge of extinction, a native species to Scotland with only about 10 breeding pairs left. It’s right that we try and save them – they’re vicious, but we need them for ecological balance. So let’s have a referendum to see if the people of Scotland agree! … I’m just not sure why the media have suddenly taken such a keen interest in it.