@ariaflame

It hasn't stopped him but it's slowed him down. If the US Supreme Court had non-corrupt members it might slow him down even more, or perhaps stop some things.

But there is no structure like that in the UK, and the only restrictions are things like the EU and ECHR.

The UK's EU membership is gone, the ECHR membership is under threat. If that goes too, then pretty much anything becomes legal for whoever has a majority in parliament. Whatever they want, they could pass a law to enable it and there would be nothing restraining them.

@ariaflame

You don't have to be an expert to realise there is no written constitution in the UK.

And it also doesn't require legal training to know that when the UK has denied people human rights, people have often managed to get these rights back by taking the case to the European Court. That would stop if the UK withdraws from the ECHR.

Human rights would then be entirely decided by whoever has a majority in the UK parliament. If that's a fascist party, then the UK is in big trouble.

@ariaflame

I agree, and once you have corrupt people in such courts they become pointless, but there is at least some kind of slowdown there.

If the judges had been appointed in a less corrupt manner, the court would have had more effect.

In the UK there is nothing at all like that.

@ariaflame

Sure, but having a written constitution does have some use. For example it was the constitution's requirement to hold a federal election in 2020 which took Trump out of power after his first term (even though he tried to incite an armed rebellion against the result).

There is nothing like that forcing a UK parliament to hold regular elections except whatever laws they decide to pass or amend.

@ariaflame @FediThing the Scotland Act 1998 can be amended — as happens every few years — by simple majority vote.

It can be repealed by simple majority vote.

There would likely be riots if they did, and international condemnation, but, ultimately, Westminster can ‘affect the Scottish Parliament’ in any way it likes.

For that matter the SNP's lead is slipping, they'll survive next year but between Reform, Tories, and Alba, the Scottish Parliament could well be fascist itself circa 2030.