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Author Archives: Robert Pigney
Less than a year to go & still the UK and the EU ignore ordinary people’s fundamental rights
We are less than a year away from “Exit Day” and what that means for each of us is no clearer than it was the day after the referendum. A number of the wider issues have been overlooked or ignored, … Continue reading
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The People’s Challenge – Championing the Millions in the Margins.
With much fanfare, the latest version of the draft withdrawal treaty was announced at the beginning of this week. There is not yet agreement on all parts of it, and “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed”, but it does seem … Continue reading
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Three Knights Opinion to be tested in the Scottish Courts
In another victory for Parliamentary sovereignty, a panel of judges in Scotland’s highest court allowed that the question of whether an Article 50 notification is revocable should be heard in a Scottish court. In handing down the ruling, the Lord … Continue reading
EU Parliament will “pay attention to the matters The People’s Challenge has raised” – Guy Verhofstadt
As you know, we wrote to a number of the key players in the EU about the concerns we have on the way that the rights of British nationals are being ignored by both the EU and the UK in … Continue reading
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Why the Brexit challenge in Amsterdam is making The People’s Challenge work even more important.
The surprise appeal by the Netherlands Government against the ruling in the Amsterdam case has shifted the priorities of what needs to be done. The Amsterdam case is not just about British nationals living in EU27 countries, despite the way … Continue reading
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Everybody, not just the few, deserves to have their citizenship rights protected.
Ensuring the rule of law and the protection of people’s fundamental citizenship rights are key elements of our challenge. They go back to the very first action we took when we initiated a challenge to the UK government’s intention to … Continue reading
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What was that Mr Rees-Mogg? – For Queen and Party?
In a piece in the Telegraph, reported here via Pressreader, Jacob Rees-Mogg describes how important Brexit is: “If the Conservative party doesn’t deliver the Brexit that the British people voted for, the Conservatives will not win the next election. The … Continue reading
I don’t think I’ll be appearing on a chat show anytime soon but…
Crowdjustice interviewed me about why I organised The People’s Challenge on Crowdjustice.
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Another year, another challenge.
It’s 18 months since we initiated the challenge to the Government over its intention to bypass Parliament and use the ancient Royal Prerogative to trigger Article 50. This was the start of a fight to ensure that it is Parliament … Continue reading
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Democracy Strikes Back
On Wednesday evening, in the most emphatic manner, Westminster democracy delivered a blow to Whitehall dictatorship. Parliament will endure the Government’s Brexit shenanigans no more. The most extreme and condescending of the Henry VIII powers the Govt. was seeking to … Continue reading
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