UK Govt questions Scottish bid to show Britain can alone revoke Brexit - RTRS
|In a court document seen by Reuters, the UK PM May’s government submitted its legal response to the challenge filed by a group of anti-Brexit Scottish lawmakers at Scotland’s Court of Session, its supreme civil court.
The petitioners seek to show that Britain can, if the case arises, change its mind about leaving the world’s biggest trading bloc and do so alone. They say if that were the case, Britain’s bargaining position would be strengthened because it would not have to kowtow to the demands of the other 27 EU members to rejoin.
But the document reveals that the British government believes the question of whether it alone can stop Brexit is irrelevant since it does not intend to change its mind about leaving the European Union (EU).
The 21-page court document read: “There not being a genuine dispute as to the proper construction of Article 50(2) TEU, the orders sought should be refused.”
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