tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post1445075277596263178..comments2024-02-04T09:15:50.839+00:00Comments on Mars Hill: Interview with Tom Harris MPPaul Burginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06718135185726733792noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-62776392865800607942012-09-18T11:19:40.893+01:002012-09-18T11:19:40.893+01:00"sovereignty lies in this Parliament ultimate..."sovereignty lies in this Parliament ultimately, because a devolved parliament therefore, you know this Parliament can overturn anything in the Scottish Parliament anytime it wants!" <br /><br />That's a great arguement for independence over devolution. Perhaps it should be the referendum question. Do you want<br />a) to keep Holyrood as a wee pretendy parliament with no sovereignty that Westmisnter can overrule anytime<br /><br />or<br /><br />b) for Scotland to return to being a fully soveriegn country, where Holyrood's decisions on things like keeping the NHS public can't be overturned by a Weestmisnter government?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-62514627424164701412012-09-17T19:42:29.885+01:002012-09-17T19:42:29.885+01:00But also in terms of the West Lothian Question I a...<i>But also in terms of the West Lothian Question I am reading Alastair Campbell's diaries, the unedited diaries at the moment, it's fascinating when you look behind the scenes, the debate on the Scottish White Paper leading up to the Referendum, because Tony's view in opposition was very much that the answer to the West Lothian Question is that sovereignty lies in this Parliament ultimately, because a devolved parliament therefore, you know this Parliament can overturn anything in the Scottish Parliament anytime it wants! It chooses not to by convention</i><br /><br />Maybe a little research of what Lord Cooper in Hansard 1953 might help Mr Harris over where Scots sovereignty lies and it is not in Westminster.<br /><br />cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.com