WESTMINSTER has chosen the “nuclear option” button by moving to block Scotland's gender reform law, in a move sure to trigger a major constitutional showdown between London and Edinburgh.
The UK Government has deployed a little-known weapon in its legal arsenal, under the Scotland Act, to block the Scottish Government’s gender recognition reforms, which MSPs passed overwhelmingly just before Christmas.
It has issued a Section 35 order – something that has never been done up until now.
