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Professor of Public Law University of Cambridge

A “blatant power grab”? Scottish Government on EU (Withdrawal) Bill

August 11, 2017 by Mark Elliott Leave a Comment

‘At the end of the day, the UK Government and Parliament (subject, of course, to the constraints of parliamentary arithmetic) can legally have their way on what happens to repatriated power, even if any “will of the people” justification for doing so would be specious. But…’

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