In article , Halmyre
wrote:
On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 1:52:22 PM UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
On yesterday's Newsnight, Michael Howard stated that the EU had
overturned a law passed by the Scottish parliament. Evan Davis didn't
challenge this - I'd guess, like me he didn't know what was being
referred to. And despite some Googling, I can't find out either.

And then stated it was very likely to do the same with a UK one in the
pipeline. Which wasn't expanded on or challenged either.

I'd be surprised if the UK government introduced a bill they knew would
be against EU law, but who knows? If anyone can explain both of his
statements, I'd be grateful.

-- *Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million youand 're a
conqueror.


The nearest I can find is that the EU *might* overturn the Scottish
government's *proposal* (law not yet passed) for minimum alcohol pricing,
saying it *might* be in contravention of free-trade laws. Note the
caveats. This of course has been jumped on by some as being set in
tablets of stone.

and the relevant bit of the EU would be the European Court - not the whole
system.

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