 | 'In the modern democratic world the sovereign right of self-determination for nations and peoples is proclaimed in the United Nations Charter and the commonly accepted principle of 'rule by consent'. Scotland's democratic rights have been eroded since the Treaty of Union with England, and constrained by the application of the English (not Scottish) constitutional principle of the 'sovereignty of the Crown in Parliament'. This has led to the UK's virtual elected dictatorship, and to violation of the Scottish constitutional principle of the sovereignty of the people.' Campaign for a Scottish Parliament. |  |
