23/11/2022
TODAY NEWS LIKE AND FOLLOW FOR MORE UPDATE Indyref2 cannot go ahead without UK parliament permission, court rules
The decision from the UK's top judges, stopping Nicola Sturgeon pushing ahead with a fresh vote next year, was unanimous.The Scottish Parliament does not have the power to call a second independence referendum in the country, the Supreme Court has said.
The unanimous ruling from the UK's top judges said, despite demands from the SNP for a fresh vote, the country's government would need approval from the government in Westminster before going ahead.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had proposed a second referendum - dubbed Indyref2 - for 19 October 2023.
But she had also warned she would use the next general election as an informal referendum if the court ruled against her plan.
Tweeting after the ruling was made, the first minister said while she was "disappointed", she respected the ruling, adding the Supreme Court "doesn't make law, only interprets it".
Ms Sturgeon added: "A law that doesn't allow Scotland to choose our own future without Westminster consent exposes as myth any notion of the UK as a voluntary partnership and makes [the] case for independence.