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Just don't call it a U-turn

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The Scottish Parliament Doesn't Have the Power to Stage an Independence Vote Without Westminster's Consent

UK government lawyers have told the Supreme Court it is, there were obvious that the Scottish Parliament doesn't have the power to stage an independence vote without Westminster's consent. What we will do, at the end of the day, what I have to do with the first Minister has to do is to convince people that it should be supporting independence. So you want to go to the line? Well, what we've always said, the first Minister said, I have said that anything we do has to be legally based. It has to be constitutionally based. That sounds like a no then, because they're saying no. Because well, let's wait and see what happens. Now you tell me.

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