RISHI Sunak has made a major legal error over the Scottish legal system – not once, but four times!
The Prime Minister was talking to STV on Thursday about proposals for a safe drug consumption centre in Glasgow.
Sunak said the UK Government opposed the move. He then added: “[But] we respect the independence of the Advocate General in Scotland.”
Lord Advocate! Get some legal advice PM. https://t.co/Sa9PFHQqNl
— Dr Nick McKerrell (@DrNikLaw) September 28, 2023
But it appears as though the Tory leader got confused. The office of the Advocate General for Scotland is a department that advises the UK Government on matters of Scots law. And it was, in fact, Scotland’s Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC who gave the green light for the plan.
The Lord Advocate serves as the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government. Her intervention was instrumental in securing the policy shift.
It wasn’t a wee solitary blunder either, with Sunak going on to commit the legal error a further THREE times.
My oh my Prime Minister, get your legal facts straight.
