Scotland rejects May's EU withdrawal bill giving May a huge problem.

The Scottish branches of Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens backed the SNP's call to reject the bill based on clause 11 that proposes ways of power-sharing after Brexit that could see the Scottish Parliament lose powers. The vote is not legally binding but if May pushes on with it instead of delivering a bill Scotland agrees to then it will technically be the first time Westminster has pushed through laws against the will of Scotland. This would give the SNP a huge boost to their hopes of a second independence referendum.

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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

Makes it a bit of a mess but nothing Scotland can effectively do about it.
I mean you either apply for E:U membership as an independent nation or (and i hate to use this phrase but...)submit to the will of the union.

alan20 · M

@Picklebobble2 In NI the Anglo-Irish agreement stipulates that a border referendum should be held if there are reasonable grounds for believing majority opinion has changed. Yet Mae is reportedly refusing one on the grounds that they might lose it!

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@alan20 Nobody in Ireland wants a border. It's the E:U insisting on one.