also tonight. joy for supporters of the former royal marine jailed for killing a wounded afghan fighter he ll be freed in weeks. this is the moment we have all been fighting hard for. it s hard to believe that this day is finally here. from cod liver oil to gluten free bread the nhs plans to take them off the prescription list. you might have to pay over the counter. the new, hi tech pound coin is in circulation from today but are all parking meters ready for them? coming up in the sport on bbc news, andy murray will miss great britain s davis cup quarterfinal against france next month as he recovers from an elbow injury. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the scottish and uk governments look to be on a collision course tonight. within the last hour, the scottish parliament has voted for the power to request a second independence referendum. but, minutes later, the scottish secretary in westminster rejected the demand until, in his words, the brexit proces
Independent country in the next five years. he talked about that yesterday in the scottish parliament but also other things that he is having to deal with as well, including poverty, is also going to be a priority, and the cost of living crisis, the deputy first minister, shona robison, was on bbc scotland, good morning scotland, this morning, and she said that cost of living would be a priority, but also independence, and she has said that one of the key priorities would be to ask the uk government again for an independence referendum, but as the uk government is also sticking to its guns and has said that no, this is not the time to have another referendum in scotland. so, yes, we may be seeing you faces at the front of scottish politics in scotland, but in terms of the independence debate, i m not sure an awful lot has changed.
Happen it would be completely unprecedented. happen it would be completely unrecedented. ., , unprecedented. on the front pages and notjust unprecedented. on the front pages and notjust on unprecedented. on the front pages and notjust on the unprecedented. on the front pages and notjust on the mail unprecedented. on the front pages and notjust on the mail but - unprecedented. on the front pages and notjust on the mail but also i unprecedented. on the front pages| and notjust on the mail but also on the idea of in terms of devolve powers, we picked up on the points that in terms of this new law, this is focusing in on equalities legislation which is reserved for westminster gender recognition it is a devolved matter. a lot to unpick here on numerous levels. bath a devolved matter. a lot to unpick here on numerous levels. both sides and the independence here on numerous levels. both sides and the independence debate, - here on numerous levels. both sides and the independence d
I don t think any of the circumstances around scotland being able to be part of a strong united kingdom have changed, in terms of the questions that need to be answered. people are desperate to know exactly what it is that independence would actually mean. this paper doesn t provide that. this isn t a plan for change. it isn t a solution to the tory made crisis in the uk. it s a plan for yet more crisis, doubling down a crisis from the snp. but what about those voters? how do they feel about the independence debate? economically, yes, there is going to be the upheaval. every country that got its independence, the first few years, had upheaval, because they had to set up a central bank, they had to set up all the institutions. brexit isn t done yet. we are still feeling the pain for that. l and i now think that - financially this is a terrible time to go for indyref2.
Parties opposed to independence because it allows them to avoid the substance of the independence debate. finally, we know if this parliament does seek to legislate without a section 30 order, the bill will go to court, that is inevitable. the only questions are, when it ends up in court and at whose hands. if the issue of legislative competence remains unresolved at the point of formal introduction of a bill, the uk government will almost certainly use section 33 of the scotland act to refer it to the supreme court after it has passed. it is possible that one or more private individuals will launch a judicial review of the bill, and it was reported last week that tory supporters had already planned to do so. the challenge by private individuals could also go through successive courts and so be a very lengthy process. either way at the point of parliament passing the bill, they would be no certainty about when or even if it could be implemented. a challenge could still