But they rarely, if ever, talk about what a constitutionally voluntary union would actually look like. So Mr Guthrie suggests a UK-wide Voluntary Union Act based on the Northern Ireland law of 1973. He admits it is funny that an independentista should be coming up with a plan to rethink the union state. “A good rule in politics is to always punch the bruise – the bruise here is... is the UK a voluntary union?” he said. But, with Scottish politics in flux, is it worth testing the idea of a Voluntary Union Constitution?

Source: The Herald February 19, 2023 02:10 UTC