[hibeejim21]

I think you are glorifying the Lord Advocates role in all this.  He has not been assigned to contribute, he has asked permission to be able to contribute, permission that may or may not be granted.  Got to love Nicola and her grandstanding, love the way she says Scotland should be treated as an equal partner in the decision and process but how exactly would that work??  The referendum was won by a total of 1.4m votes (wrong decision in my view), so even if all the Scottish votes had been given to remain, the leave campaign would still have won across the UK as a whole!!  Scotland should have a say proportionate to its size within the UK, which equates to about 10%.  That might be enough to swing the vote but its as much as equal should mean in this case.

How can Scotland be in a union with a sovereign state, when it is Scotland's union with another country which creates that sovereign state? Comprende ?

Much was said not so long ago about Scotland being a partner, even an equal valued partner in the Union. Just because in reality it is not treated as such does not mean that is simply a region like Yorkshire and it should have a say that is 'proportionate' to its size . Thats a xxxx ludicrous argument.

Perhaps the only conclusion which can be drawn is that if the union to which Scotland belongs treats it as if it is just 10% of the kingdom, then there is something seriously wrong and something that constitutionally needs changed.

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Is this the same UKIP that is visibly imploding at this current time? Another embarrassment to British politics TBF! Also some of the British people voted to leave and it was never a super duper huge majority that many Brexit protagonists keep exaggerating at every opportunity. And MPs lose their jobs? Not really because it was never a huge majority and if the vote was rerun tomorrow it would most certainly be a resounding remain vote mainly because we've discovered there was no real plan, no green paper and no white paper either and many within the British voting population were effectively 'sold a pup'!!
Lastly, the latest revelation that Scotland's most senior law officer, The Lord Advocate, will be assigned by the Scottish govt to contribute to the debate during May's appeal to the Supreme Court, says it all for me - a fitting legal intervention from a Scottish point of view and lets force the UK PM back to a parliamentary debate and collective decision re Brexit!


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37909299

The lord advocate is an authority of constitutional matters,it wouldn't surprise me if he finds some obstacles to throw in theresa may's path.