Why should we believe that international law would not apply to Scotland?
I HAVE to take issue with two of your correspondents who have been hypothesising on an independent Scotland (Letters, February 15).
I HAVE to take issue with two of your correspondents who have been hypothesising on an independent Scotland (Letters, February 15).
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Russell Vallance claims that an independent Scotland would have to accept its share of the UK national debt, but would not be entitled to any share of its public assets, even those situated in Scotland. It seems that the fundamental principles of international law would not apply in this case, and that, like the Queen in Alice in Wonderland, the terms of the Treaty of Union would mean only what the Unionists said they meant.
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Why should we believe that international law would not apply to Scotland?
I HAVE to take issue with two of your correspondents who have been hypothesising on an independent Scotland (Letters, February 15).
Russell Vallance claims that an independent Scotland would have to accept its share of the UK national debt, but would not be entitled to any share of its public assets, even those situated in Scotland. It seems that the fundamental principles of international law would not apply in this case, and that, like the Queen in Alice in Wonderland, the terms of the Treaty of Union would mean only what the Unionists said they meant.
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