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How a legal technicality could thwart referendum plan

An independence referendum bill would be illegal. Amid the coalition talks which are under way in Scotland, there has been a crucial fact that astonishingly has been missed. It is now widely recognised that an independence referendum bill would be doomed to fail.

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heraldscotland staff

James Grant

An independence referendum bill would be illegal. Amid the coalition talks which are under way in Scotland, there has been a crucial fact that astonishingly has been missed.