if this is seen as a voluntary union, a union of equals but one group once he gets away.s does the s&p have? there is no recourse — records does the s&p have? there is no recourse in _ records does the s&p have? there is no recourse in law. _ records does the s&p have? there is no recourse in law. the _ records does the s&p have? there is no recourse in law. the court- records does the s&p have? there is no recourse in law. the court has - no recourse in law. the court has made clear today that the union is a sub but matter. the court has said as far as the union is concerned the party has no powers over the referendum. the point as to whether scotland has a determination on the right under it international law to leave the uk. again they have made unequivocally clear that this society satisfied under international law and does not require the issue of separatism. so theissue require the issue of separatism. so the issue is the issue with the actual and scotland act? that means that arguably if a referendum does go ahead. i guess, what kind of weight does it carry?. the s

is a voluntary union, can he explain the democratic route by which the people of scotland get to make their own future? >> mr. speaker the u.k. is a , collaborative and constructive union that is delivering for the people of scotland, even in ayrshire itself, where we are working collaboratively with the scottish government to invest in aerospace, advanced manufacturing and space. those are the types of activities that will bring tangible benefits to the people in the hon. lady's region, and that is the right focus for the government. >> nigel adams. >> thank you you, mr. speaker. as a north yorkshire mp, my right hon. friend will know how crucial bus services are to our communities. last month, arriva stopped the only bus between selby and doncaster, meaning that 40 selby college students had to find alternative transport at very short notice. thankfully, the college itself stepped in to resolve the situation. additionally, across north yorkshire around 80 other bus services are now under threat. can my right hon. friend advise what action he will take to ensure that essential servic

mr so-called voluntary union? mr speaker. _ so—called voluntary union?ck _ put it very well. the prime minister will answer back that _ put it very well. the prime minister will answer back that it _ put it very well. the prime minister will answer back that it is _ put it very well. the prime minister will answer back that it is obvious l will answer back that it is obvious the route to scottish independence will be election. inequality cost and in france in the middle earners earn 20% more and lower earners are 20% more, and that is why i�*m for independence, to choose a better path. but in the meantime in my constituency there are more off grid for your customers and a higher rate of fuel poverty than in northern ireland, so will the pm do the right thing and extend the £200 payment to northern ireland to the off grid customers in my geographically distinct constituency, the hebrides, on the basis of fairness? yes or no? last week�*s autumn statement announced £55 billion to support families and businesses across the uk with their energy bills and the

seriously telling us this is a voluntary union? >> on the people of scotland, that is who we are delivering for. i am happy to meet with prime minister is like i continue to do to deliver for them, whether with our own constituency or moving drops to scotland, delivering reports or extra funding for public services. this they government

seriously telling us this is a voluntary union? >> on the people of scotland, that is who we are delivering for. i am happy to meet with prime minister is like i continue to do to deliver for them, whether with our own constituency or moving drops to scotland, delivering reports or extra funding for public services. this they government that will deliver for the people of scotland and we will do it constructively and collaboratively. >> this thanksgiving weekend on c-span, specially selected public affairs programming in prime time. thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, conversation with a supreme court justice as she talks about her life and career, and diversity on the court did the 9:00 p.m. eastern, samuel alito shares his feelings of shock and betrayal after the leak of the draft opinion to overturn roe v. wade. friday at 9:30 p.m. eastern, hearing on the challenges collecting sales taxes for out-of-state purchases before the senate finance committee. saturday eight :00 p.m. eastern, native american survivors of abuse at federal indi

how a nation can leave so—called voluntary. union mr. speaken so—called voluntary. union mr.ow are those require cooperation between our governments to tackle the economy supporting the nhs . and economy supporting the nhs. and i'm pleased that last week's autumn means that the scottish government will receive autumn means that the scottish government will receiv e £1.5 government will receive £1.5 billion in extra funding to deliver for public services scotland. and that's what we will continue . theresa may thank will continue. theresa may thank you, mr. speaker . scotland is a you, mr. speaker. scotland is a proud nation with a unique heritage. it is a valued member of our family of nations , a of our family of nations, a union of people bound through the generations, by shared interests. does my right, honourable friend agree with me that this morning supreme court gives the scottish nationalists, the snp the opportunity for to put the people scotland first . put the people scotland first. and end its obsession with breaking us apart. that day . i breaking us apart. that

as you have reflected on already with nicola sturgeon, but if this is what is described as a voluntary unions suggesting tonight, it makes a mess of this idea that it is a voluntary union, there is a weaker party in this, does she have any credence on that? as i said, i think that argument would hold more water if there hadn't been what was described at the time as a once in a generation vote, so in 2014, the scottish electorate was given that opportunity, it was done so couched orframed in that opportunity, it was done so couched or framed in that way that it would be a once in a generation vote and the people who voted there probably did have that at the forefront of their mind, that it really counted, they needed to think through the arguments so that they made a really conscious decision that wouldn't be then undermined or watered down in then undermined or watered down in the years to come, so it is very hard to see how when she now says there needs to be a referendum is if there needs to be a referendum is if there hasn't been one or as if things have changed too dramatically. now, for

big questions for the uk government and the prime minister, the most prominent, is this still a voluntary unionrapped in the uk?— union of nations or is scotland trapped in the uk? many thanks, james cook _ trapped in the uk? many thanks, james cook with _ trapped in the uk? many thanks, james cook with the _ trapped in the uk? many thanks, james cook with the latest - trapped in the uk? many thanks, l james cook with the latest analysis at the scottish parliament in edinburgh. for more on the main issues surrounding scottish independence, you can listen to the newscast podcast with adam fleming and chris mason. search for newscast on bbc sounds. president zelensky has accused russia of crimes against humanity at a un security council meeting called after the latest wave of damaging missile strikes against ukraine's energy infrastructure. there were several explosions in the capital, kyiv, after an air—raid alert was issued for the whole country. both of reports and reality on the ground. heavy bombardment in lviv meant the entire city, in the west of ukraine, reportedly lost power. it's now be

difficult questions for both sides this evening, for the prime minister, is this really what a voluntary uniong a general election that is in fact a de facto referendum on independence actually work? on that latter question, the first minister pushed away some of those questions today saying that there will be a special snp party conference in the spring to address some of those issues and they are tricky issues to address. thank you. a mother who killed a man accused of sexually assaulting her sons is campaigning to stop paedophiles changing their names to hide their identity. sarah sands was jailed for seven and a half years for the manslaughter of 77—year—old michael pleasted in 2014. her three children said he had sexually abused them. our home affairs correspondentjune kelly has been hearing her story. sarah sands, back in silvertown in east london where, as a single mother, she made a home with herfamily... took everything from me. ..and where, eight years ago, she stabbed to death a neighbour accused of sexually assaulting three young boys. she had originally befriended michael pleasted

the “you've had your vote” trope, can the prime minister tell me this: is scotland in a voluntary and respectful unionaimed in 2014, or are we hostages in a territorial british colony? the prime minister: what people across scotland rightly want to see is both their governments working constructively together to improve their lives, and that is what we will do on this side of the house. part of that is actually supporting scottish energy producers, and the hon. gentleman is right: they have a vital role to play in enabling our transition to net zero and improving our energy security, and those scottish companies will have our full support. scott benton: nearly 40,000 illegal immigrants have crossed the channel so far this year, landing taxpayers with a hotel bill of £5.6 million per day to accommodate them. is it any wonder that millions of people in this country are furious about the situation? during the summer, the prime minister set out a comprehensive 10-point plan to tackle the issue, and everyone on this side of the chamber wants him to succeed in that aim. when can we expect the firm action th

how so why the union clearly no longer a voluntary union. cannot have another single time. the snp voted into hollywood. you're going to have the same problem because it's part of their mandate to . have a call for mandate to. have a call for independence . part of nicola independence. part of nicola sturgeon's relevance . it's no sturgeon's relevance. it's no it's part. i know , i know it it's part. i know, i know it must be, i know it's probably quite surprising. have politicians that actually want to their when to stick to their mandate when we know she was she isn't, she was is she and scottish people given a vote and a scottish once in a generation once in a lifetime. and i mean you must concede i bet it is very to have signifier constitutional referendums are promised once in a generation, once in a lifetime, every eight or nine years until you get the result you want. that is not how democracy works . imagine if democracy works. imagine if there were political leaders in this country and i think this could happen soon, by the way, say

how so why the union clearly no longer a voluntary union. cannot have another single time. the snp voted into hollywood. you're going to have the same problem because it's part of their mandate to . have a call for mandate to. have a call for independence . part of nicola independence. part of nicola sturgeon's relevance . it's no sturgeon's relevance. it's no it's part. i know , i know it it's part. i know, i know it must be, i know it's probably quite surprising. have politicians that actually want to their when to stick to their mandate when we know she was she isn't, she was is she and scottish people given a vote and a scottish once in a generation once in a lifetime. and i mean you must concede i bet it is very to have signifier constitutional referendums are promised once in a generation, once in a lifetime, every eight or nine years until you get the result you want. that is not how democracy works . imagine if democracy works. imagine if there were political leaders in this country and i think this could happen soon, by the way, say

sentiment was echoed nearly 60 years later by the calman commission, which described the uk as a voluntary unionion , which made smith commission, which made clear that nothing in its report prevented scotland becoming an independent country. should the people of scotland still choose ? what today's ruling tells us, however, is that the scotland does not in fact uphold that long held understanding of the bafis long held understanding of the basis of the relationship that constitute the uk . on the constitute the uk. on the contrary, it that understanding complete . let us be blunt. complete. let us be blunt. i so—called partnership in one partner is denied the right choose a different future. but even to ask itself the question cannot be described in way as voluntary or even a partnership at all. so this ruling confirms the notion of the uk as voluntary partnership of nations if it ever was a reality is no longer a and that exposed a situation that is quite simply unsustainable. i don't often, as all of you know , former tory all of you know, former tory prime ministers, but we exception today th

this decision and describes it as this busting of a myth that the uk as a voluntary partnership, voluntary unionr nicola sturgeon to use. actually though, this is now probably a little bit less about that and more about the timing for nicola sturgeon to execute strategy of using a national election as a proxy referendum. she said that previously or indicated previously that that would happen in a 2024 in the general election. i would would happen in a 2024 in the general election. iwould not would happen in a 2024 in the general election. i would not be surprised if she tries to maybe delay that until 2026, when it might be easierfor her to delay that until 2026, when it might be easier for her to get that it would be in 2024. that is the big question now, when did she make the move? �* ., ., ., ., ., .,, move? before we go on to that, was it a mandate. _ move? before we go on to that, was it a mandate, though, _ move? before we go on to that, was it a mandate, though, arguably? - it a mandate, though, arguably? because when that election happened, she specifically said that a vote for the snp i

offered them an attractive image of the future and a new form of association voluntary and equal unionpredecessors. deserved the most great memory on the judges of the history of the sweet-nazi bastard. confirmed the genius of lenin's national policy. moreover, russian ukrainians, belarusians, georgians, armenians, azerbaijanis, kazakhs, fought to the shoulder with the brown plague, tajiks, kyrgyz, tatars, and bashkirs, moldavian latvians, yakuts, and buryat prayers. ossetian chuvash karelians and dagestanis all the peoples of our soviet motherland - this is the best answer to the fabrication of anti-soviet of all stripes from solzhenitsyn to alkofonov. from bandera to draft, from illin to resonance. this is the best answer for everyone for whom the soviet industry produced only galoshes, and lenin planted an atomic bomb under russia. kindly evaluate history objectively and show everything to the new generation, then real patriots will be brought up. on the creators of the beginning of socialism, the country quickly revived after the war, the ussr was the first sent into space an artif

the ability to exercise the right of withdrawal just as the uk its right of withdrawal from a voluntary uniondo not see any particular in fact , i see any particular in fact, i think lord reed's judgement was was incredibly misguided and actually incredibly tactful for scotland's case to reassert independence. the point you've made is this country well, independence. the point you've made is this country well , there made is this country well, there isn't such a thing as this country. the united kingdom , one country. the united kingdom, one state. but still remained two countries. scotland is still a country. it's in a political union. with england there is no union. with england there is no union. scotland still has a border. it still is a legal entity. even the un. so, you know , think we need to have some know, think we need to have some reality to discussion. well, we could argue that there is a bit of reality to the referendum in 2014 standing up for the rights of the people in oh seven and maybe whether or not we should be repeating that now. i can't help but wonder just to maybe build

these kinds of ideas even if they're presented as voluntary at 1st, is rationing and socialism central control and what was exactly where the soviet union was right up until 2 years ago. and that itself, if you like, that service experience was itself the kind of death wish. because in the name of ideology, marcia and the soviet union and the other countries associated with it, pulled themselves further and further down until, as we all know, they were living in pretty miserable material conditions. and i'm afraid i think europe is on that same predictor. and let me tell you not in your head is john was answering my question here. and you know, obviously the garden reference i made has to do with joseph burrell. and his ridiculous blogs. the 1st one and then the ones explaining why the 1st one made sense and then the compound. it is a dilemma by continuing to talk about a garden. well, if we want to stay with the garden, the garden was real pretty because it had cheap energy. didn't it, and i mean it's really kind of simple. ok i, you know, and john, visual jumps ahead of me. i wanted to talk about the be the bolshevik mindset here . bu

these kinds of ideas even if they're presented as voluntary at 1st, is rationing and socialism central control and what was exactly where the soviet union was right up until 2 years ago. and that itself, if you like, that service experience was itself the kind of death wish. because in the name of ideology, marcia and the soviet union and the other countries associated with it, pulled themselves further and further down until, as we all know, they were living in pretty miserable material conditions. and i'm afraid i think europe is on that same predictor. and let me tell you not in your head is john was answering my question here. and you know, obviously the garden reference i made has to do with joseph burrell. and his ridiculous blogs. the 1st one and then once explaining why the 1st one made sense and then he compound it is a dilemma by continuing to talk about a garden. well, if we want to stay with the garden, the garden was real pretty because of that cheap energy, didn't it? i mean it's really kind of simple. ok. i, you know, and john, visual jumps ahead of me. i want to talk about the be the bolshevik mindset here. but you know,

kinds of ideas even if they're presented as voluntary at 1st, is rationing and socialism on central control and in other words, exactly where are the soviet union was right.

back on you have had your vote trope, can the prime minister tell me, is scotland in a voluntary and respectful unione a vital role to play in enabling our transition to net zero and improving our energy security and those scottish companies will have our full support. companies will have our full su ort. . , companies will have our full su- -ort. ., , i: i: i: i: companies will have our full suuort. ., , :: 11:11: ., support. nearly 40,000 illegal immigrants _ support. nearly 40,000 illegal immigrants have _ support. nearly 40,000 illegal immigrants have crossed - support. nearly 40,000 illegal immigrants have crossed the i support. nearly 40,000 illegal - immigrants have crossed the channel so far this year, landing taxpayers with a hotel bill of £5.6 million per day to accommodate them. is it any wonder that millions of people in this country are furious with the situation? prime minister, during the summer you set out a comprehensive ten point plan to tackle this issue, everybody on this side of the chamber want you to succeed in this aim. when can we expect the firm action the british people are

voluntary assistance unless the person is violent, suicidal, or presented a risk of imminent harm. this myth must be put to rest. amy: rights groups swiftly condemned the announcement. the new york civil liberties union said "the mayor's attempt to police away homelessness and sweep individuals out of sight is a page from the failed giuliani playbook. with no real plan for housing, services, or supports, the administration is choosing handcuffs and coercion." and in puerto rico, 16 municipalities have filed a lawsuit against chevron, exxonmobil, shell, and several other corporations, accusing them of contributing to the climate crisis by pushing a multibillion-dollar fraudulent marketing scheme that downplayed the catastrophic impacts of fossil fuel. the suit also blames big oil companies for the billions of dollars in damages suffered in puerto rico after a devastating hurricane season in 2017. hurricanes irma and maria killed thousands of people and destroyed critical infrastructure in puerto rico. we will have more on puerto rico later. and those are some of the headlines this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in new york with cohost juan gonzalez one:

unions did not ratify when they put their agreements out for vote. and so we continue discussions with those communities to see if we can identity a voluntary agreementessary to avoid a work stoppage. >> what's the deadline >> the deadline is december 9th? >> and the four unions, if they go on strike, if there's a work stoppage, do the other unions follow suit and not cross the picket lines >> certainly that's historic precedent and that's why it's so important that we work to ensure that no work stoppage will occur. because frankly that's not good for our customers, it's not good for our employees, it's not good for the economy, $2 billion hit a day. we've been very clear from day one that a work stoppage is not in anyone's interest and congress may need to intervene under the railway labor act. >> the president has been involved with this from the get-go what's happened? >> certainly the administration deserves a lot of credit and getting us as far as we've come. they were very integral in keeping the parties together in september to get the 12 tentative agreements we got with every union. we're pleased that, again, we've got a majority, we've got

union president ever based on my experience. one thing i want to point out here, i don't think he really wanted congress to intervene. what he really wanted was the parties to reach a voluntary agreement to avoid this sort of crisis, this standoff. the fact of the matter is the railroads in their utter arrogance, they refuse to engage with us in any sort of meaningful way. if they did engage with us meaningfully throughout this round, we would have never needed a presidential emergency board, never needed congress to step in, never needed president biden to make a public statement like that. all this comes down to is the bad actors which are the railroads. >> peter kennedy, i appreciate your perspective, thank you so much for taking the time. >> thank you for having me on. >> good luck to you and your union workers. >>> officials say at least two people are dead in alabama after severe storms ripped through the southeast. there are reports of at least 30 tornadoes and the damage is extensive. we have images out of mississippi, a steeple blown off a church, a grocery store also damaged, the same county where you see an uprooted tree fell right smack in the middle of a mobil h

union 1707 with the scottish parliament in the english parliament voluntarily, more or less, agree to come together and form the parliament of the united kingdom. nicola sturgeon is arguing that there is a voluntaryhemselves, the scottish parliament, the scotch people if you would like, can remove themselves back. the court is saying that that may will be the case, they are not ruling on that, they say that within the powers of the scotland act, but devolved parliament that there is in edinburgh could not in itself do that. it has have the agreement of westminster, the agreement of the uk government as it happened in the last independence referendum in 2014. . ., , ., 2014. nicholas urgent is it an astute politician. _ 2014. nicholas urgent is it an astute politician. he - 2014. nicholas urgent is it an astute politician. he don't . 2014. nicholas urgent is it anl astute politician. he don't last long unless you are. she's had a lot of advice from her own advocate that it was unlikely that they would win. the detractors would point to these polls which tells nicola sturgeon that she cannot be absolutely sure that she cannot be absolutely sure that the snp would win another referendum. but she is