Ministers do not need to ask permission from Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales before triggering Article 50, the Supreme Court has ruled. The UK's most senior judges said the Government was not legally compelled to consult devolved legislatures. The...
Lire la suiteThe government has lost its fast-tracked appeal to the supreme court, forcing ministers to introduce emergency legislation into parliament to authorise the UK’s departure from the EU. In a judgment that sets a far-reaching constitutional precedent and...
Lire la suiteby Severin Carrell Scotland editor 17 January 2017 The Guardian Nicola Sturgeon has signalled that Theresa May’s decision to take the UK entirely out of the EU single market makes a second Scottish independence vote very likely. Accusing May of pursuing...
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The Execution of Charles I, 1649 King Charles I was his own worst enemy. Self-righteous, arrogant, and unscrupulous; he had a penchant for making bad decisions. His troubles began the moment he ascended the throne in 1625 upon the death of his father...
Lire la suiteShe will urge people to give up on "insults" and "division" and unite to build a "global Britain". Downing Street said reports she may signal pulling out of the single market and customs union were "speculation". It comes as the chancellor said the UK...
Lire la suiteMartin McGuinness has resigned as deputy first minister of Northern Ireland. In doing so he has also, effectively, sacked the first minister, Arlene Foster – for under the Good Friday agreement, neither post is filled without the other. What shocked reporters...
Lire la suiteCabinet ministers have privately conceded that they are very likely to lose a landmark legal case on Brexit in the supreme court and have drawn up at least two versions of a bill that could be tabled after the ruling. Sources have told the Guardian that...
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