Author Archives: Robert Pigney

Forging ahead to secure accountability and protect rights

Fuelled by the generous donations of our supporters to our ‘core funding’ GoFundMe campaign, we have been preparing in earnest for the next stages of The People’s Challenge. Here’s a short update on what we and our lawyers have been … Continue reading

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We must stand up for Parliament so Parliament can stand up for What is Best for the UK!

This week’s events clearly show the dangers the UK faces, dangers that go far beyond the immediate one of a disorganised and ill thought-through move for the UK to leave the European Union. For months now the Govt. has been … Continue reading

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Why there’s a bigger spectre than Brexit

By The People’s Challenge The Politico article of Oct 23rdentitled “5 reasons why no deal could mean no Brexit” published in Languedoc Living (www.languedocliving.com), says that a spectre is hanging over Westminster, threatening “no deal, no Brexit”. There is a … Continue reading

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The most unlikely of Government allies defers to amendment 381

Frank Field has been a bit of a rebel for most of his time in the Commons. Governments, both Labour and Conservative, have been in his sights except for a brief period (14 months) when he was Minister for Welfare … Continue reading

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Thank You

Once again, thank you for your continued support. Here’s a summary of what we’ve been doing recently – a lot has happened over the past weeks. Over 450 amendments to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill have been tabled, almost all of … Continue reading

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Whitehall telling Parliament what it can or can’t do is not “Taking Back Control”

On 9th September we published an article “If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy.” This is a quote from an address given by David Davis in 2012. Just before we wrote the article, David … Continue reading

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It’s not just the 3 Knights clause that is important

What is the EU (Withdrawal) Bill? The bill is supposed to be the legislation required to transform the legislation derived from the UK’s membership of the EU into standalone domestic legislation. What are “Henry VIII” powers? The parliamentary website gives … Continue reading

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Called it!

As some of you may have seen yesterday, we said that the Brexit Impact studies would say more about the Govt than they would about Brexit. Well now we have it. It seems possible, and even likely, that these papers … Continue reading

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Why Brexit Impact studies need to be made public

The contents of the soon-to-be-released Brexit Impact studies may supply more detail on the extent of Brexit’s repercussions and give us specifics that we haven’t had up to now. There is, however, the suspicion that they will simply confirm that … Continue reading

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Keeping you posted

We have recently raised our GoFundMe target and accelerated our plans. This money is already being put to good use. It allows us to pay for website maintenance, communication costs and other “everyday” expenses as well as travel and accommodation … Continue reading

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