UK PM Sunak dealt blow as court rules Rwanda deportation plan unlawful
London, UKReuters British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the government would appeal to the UK’s top court after its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was deemed unlawful, a major blow to his pledge to stop asylum seekers arriving in small boats. Under an £140 million deal struck last year, Britain planned to send […]
Blow for Scottish nationalists as UK court rejects independence vote bid
London, UKReuters The Scottish Government cannot hold a second referendum on independence without approval from the British parliament, the United Kingdom’s top court ruled on Wednesday, dealing a hammer blow to nationalists’ hopes of holding a vote next year. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party, had announced earlier this […]
Essay: Scottish independence – what has changed since the last referendum
In an article first published on The Conversation, MURRAY LEITH, professor of political science at the University of the West of Scotland, examines the context for the latest call for a referendum on Scotland’s independence…
ESSAY: UK SUPREME COURT DECISION – SERVING OR SUBVERTING DEMOCRACY?
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, says Tuesday’s decision in the UK Supreme Court that Boris Johnson’s recent suspension of parliament was illegal will leave many with the perception that the court has strayed into politics…
‘Gay cake’ dispute referred to top European Court
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation A case involving a Northern Irish bakery that refused to make a cake with a pro-gay message for a customer has been referred to the European Court of Human Rights. Ashers Baking in Belfast was found guilty of discrimination in 2015 for refusing to make a cake for Gareth Lee iced with […]
Belfast bakery did not discriminate by refusing pro-gay cake slogan, UK’s highest court rules
A Belfast bakery’s refusal to bake a cake bearing a pro-gay slogan was not discriminatory, the UK’s highest court ruled on Wednesday. Ashers Bakery was found guillty of discrimination in 2015 after refusing the previous year to make a cake with the words ‘Support Gay Marriage’ on it, having explained they couldn’t do so because […]