The UK parliments can nix the exit from EU

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8. There seems to be an ongoing debate on the matter

Although Nicola Sturgeon is suggesting the Scottish parliament could stop the UK withdrawing from the EU (see 12.10pm), Prof Adam Tomkins, now a Scottish Tory MSP and also a leading expert on UK constitutional law, has tweeted immediately to say this is not so.

Apart from the inherent political contradiction of Sturgeon insisting that Westminster cannot deny or thwart the will of the Scottish people over a second independence referendum, Tomkins says that Holyrood’s legislative consent powers do not override Westminster’s will.


Adam Tomkins MSP @ProfTomkins
Lots of nonsense on here about Holyrood having power to block or veto Brexit. It has no such power.
11:56 AM - 26 Jun 2016
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Adam Tomkins MSP @ProfTomkins
Holyrood has the power to show or to withhold its consent. But withholding consent is not the same as blocking.
11:57 AM - 26 Jun 2016
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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jun/26/brexit-live-jeremy-corbyn-sacks-hilary-benn-tory-leadership