Scots edge closer

Britain’s highest court has ruled that Edinburgh has no legal right to challenge Brexit

Scotland took another step closer to a second referendum on independence after Britain’s highest court ruled that the Parliament in Edinburgh has no legal right to challenge Brexit.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, reacting to the ruling, said the British Government’s promises to uphold a political convention to consult MPs in Scotland now were “not worth the paper they are written on”. She said it’s “becoming ever clearer” that Scotland must decide whether it should “take our future into our own hands”.

“It is becoming clearer by the day that Scotland’s voice is simply not being heard or listened to within the UK,” said Sturgeon, leader of the proindependence Scottish National Party that heads the semiautonomous Government. “This raises fundamental issues above and beyond that of EU membership.”

Prime Minister Theresa May and her Government claim a mandate for Brexit after the UK as a whole voted to leave the European Union in last June’s referendum. Yet north of the English border, every region of Scotland voted to stay in the bloc.

In its ruling, the Supreme Court decided that the UK Parliament will get to vote on triggering the legislation to leave the EU, though there was no legal obligation to do the same in regional legislatures.

While opponents of Brexit