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Wed Nov 23, 2022, 06:31 AM Nov 2022

Blow for Scottish nationalists as UK court rejects independence vote bid [View all]

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-top-court-rule-legality-new-scottish-independence-referendum-2022-11-23/

Blow for Scottish nationalists as UK court rejects independence vote bid

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November 23, 2022 5:33 AM EST
Last Updated an hour ago

By Michael Holden and Andrew Macaskill

Summary

- Scottish govt seeks new vote on independence

- UK govt in London says it won't grant permission

- Supreme Court rules advisory vote not possible

- Scottish public evenly divided on independence question


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Judgment (pdf) :

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2022-0098-judgment.pdf
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