Scottish Independence: History, Power of Scotland Parliament, and the Second Referendum

Problem

Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................................3
United Kingdom Politics.........................................................................................................................3
Scotland government...............................................................................................................................4
Independence of Scotland- History.........................................................................................................4
Does Scotland Parliament have power to hold another referendum of independence?............................4
CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The United Kingdom have mainly five types of the elections which includes the of the
House of Commons of UK which is mainly called the general election, the election in order to
devolve assemblies and Parliament, mayoral elections, local elections and the Pol ice and Crime
Commissioner election. According to the Fixed Term parliament Act of 2011, all these types of
elections are held after their fixed periods but there may come any certain situations, when the
election may be held early. The UK is the unitary states where its devolution is governed by the
framework of parliamentary democracy (Adam, 2021). It is under the Head of the state which is
the royal Monarch and the Head of the government which is the Prime Minister. The executive
power is mainly exercised by British government with the consent of the monarch and the
devolved government of Wales, Scotland and the Northern Ireland. This report shall brief to First
Minister regarding the Scottish Independence.
MAIN BODY
United Kingdom Politics
The United Kingdom has the uncodified and partly written Constitution whose principles are
embodied in the legislations of the country. The constitutional principles are made up of the
constitutional statutes, conventions and other elements. This government system is called the
Westminster system which is being adopted by other countries as well, especially the one who
was formerly the part of British Empire. The British Parliament is the sovereign and the Wales
and Scotland have the devolved Parliament whereas Northern Ireland has assembly. United
Kingdom is the unitary state which has devolved system of Parliament (Qvortrup, 2017).
In 1920, the partitions of the Northern Ireland and Ireland have received the home rule
but the direct rule was restored in the year 1972. There were support for the nationalist parties in
Wales and Scotland which led t the proposal relating to devolution in the year 1970 and the
devolution happened in the year 1990. In today’s time, each three states which is Scotland,
Northern Ireland and the Wales have executive and legislature with the devolution in the
Northern Ireland which is a condition on the participation in some all-Ireland institution. The