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The National (Scotland)
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Judith Duffy

UK Government ‘immoral’ for refusing indyref2, law professor says

THE UK Government is undermining democracy and the law by its “unreasonable and immoral” ignoring of the SNP’s mandate for an independence referendum, according to a law professor.

Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, anniversary chair in law at Queen Mary University London, said the UK Government has acknowledged over many years that the Union is voluntary and that Scotland has a right to self-determination, which allows for "independence in principle".

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