On 21/06/2016 14:28, 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.

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*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.

Whether it is or isn't overtured isn't the point - the simple fact that
the such a local law can even be looked at by the EU is!