Brexit against the wishes of Scotland and Northern Ireland would violate the UK’s constitutional settlement

Murkens, Jo Eric Khushal ORCID: 0000-0001-8897-8860 (2016) Brexit against the wishes of Scotland and Northern Ireland would violate the UK’s constitutional settlement. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (27 Jun 2016). Website.

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Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has indicated that she intends to explore options to protect Scottish membership of the European Union following the UK’s referendum on 23 June. But is it really possible for one of the constituent nations of the UK to block Brexit? Jo Murkens writes that if either Scotland or Northern Ireland rejects leaving the European Union, the UK as a whole cannot proceed with Brexit negotiations in any constitutionally plausible way. [Update 02/07/2016: read a continuation of this discussion here.]

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2016 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Law
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN1187 Scotland
Date Deposited:	23 Mar 2017 13:02
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 15:05
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70437

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