It is now clear that Scotland is going to join in the legal
battle at the Supreme Court which is now schedule to begin early December.
Accordingly, a formal application to join the legal tussle
is being prepared by Scotland's top law officer when it comes before judges
ahead of schedule one month from now trying to ensure MPs and Scotland's
parliament have a say on activating Article 50.
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said "it
simply cannot be right" that European Union membership "can be
removed by the UK Government on the say-so of a Prime Minister without
parliamentary debate, scrutiny or consent".
She added: "So legislation should be required at
Westminster and the consent of the Scottish Parliament should be sought before
Article 50 is triggered."
She said: "Let me be clear - I recognise and respect
the right of England and Wales to leave the European Union. This is not an
attempt to veto that process.
"But the democratic wishes of the people of Scotland
and the national Parliament of Scotland cannot be brushed aside as if they do
not matter."
The High Court decided a week ago that Theresa May couldn't
trigger the formal separation process with the EU without putting the matter
before Parliament.
The ruling thus, made the Government to promptly declare that
it would file an appeal against the ruling at the Supreme Court and the case
will proceed on 5 December. And may like last for only four days.
Reacting to the news in the Scottish Parliament, Ms Sturgeon
said that Holyrood could join specialist Gina Miller and beautician Deir Dos
Santos as "participants in the case”.
Ms Miller respected the news and said: "It is
absolutely welcome - the more parties that come together the more efficient a
process it will be - it will reduce the amount of interruption to the
Government's timeline."
Ms Sturgeon has likewise clarified that the 54 SNP MPs would
"certainly not vote for anything that undermines the will or the interests
of the Scottish people".
Mrs May has clarified regardless she means to trigger
Article 50 by her end of March due date and has said she is certain of winning
the case at Supreme Court.
In any case, as Sky News gave an account on Monday saying,
the Government is discreetly attracting up a bill to trigger Article 50 on the
off chance that it loses the case.
Toward the end of a late Brexit summit meeting with Mrs May,
Ms Sturgeon said she was no clearer on the Prime Minister's system for leaving
the EU than she was toward the start.
Though she said there had been a "frank exchange"
at the meeting but she had found it "deeply frustrating".
Ms Sturgeon said: "I don't know any more now about the
UK Government's approach to the negotiations than before I went into the
meeting."
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