Whose right to decide? Scotland and independence

McLean, Declan 2025. Whose right to decide? Scotland and independence. [Online]. The Constitution Society: Available at: https://consoc.org.uk/whose-right-to-decide-scotla...

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Abstract

This article evaluates the constitutional and political arguments presented in the Scottish Government’s paper, Your Right to Decide. The Scottish Government paper proposes that an SNP majority at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election would constitute a mandate for a second independence referendum. The piece highlights the fundamental tension between the political conception of the UK as a voluntary union of nations and the legal reality of Westminster's parliamentary sovereignty.

Item Type:	Website Content
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics Research Institutes & Centres > Wales Governance Centre (WGCES)
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2025 10:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/182749

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