THE Supreme Court judgment is “not the end of the road” for a Scottish independence referendum, a leading constitution expert has said.
Professor Nicola McEwen, senior fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe think tank, said that the ruling that Holyrood did not have the power to pass a Referendum Bill as it relates to reserved matters, simply kicked the debate back into the political sphere.
However, the Edinburgh University politics professor cautioned that there would likely have to be “dramatically different” circumstances for the UK Westminster Government to pay attention to any calls for Scottish independence.
