Author Archives: Grahame Pigney

A disingenuous Government doesn’t want Parliamentary Sovereignty or the Rule of Law

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Grahame Pigney

Pro-EU Tories are quietly considering a government proposal aimed at averting defeat on the EU Withdrawal Bill. The MPs are holding back on their response to the compromise offer, though one said they believed it to be insubstantial. The amendment … Continue reading →

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Both sides claim victory as No 10 makes backstop “concession”

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Grahame Pigney

So, has the EU given in to the blandishments of the UK, has the UK broken down the forensic, considered position of the EU? No, this has nothing to do with the negotiations between the UK and the EU on … Continue reading →

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Why protecting Parliamentary Sovereignty and Fundamental Citizenship Rights needs more than one approach.

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Grahame Pigney

A question I have been asked in the past few days, a question that is similar to many that I have been asked over the past couple of years: “There seem to be several initiatives similar to yours to STOP … Continue reading →

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New Interventions in the Edinburgh Article 50 case

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Grahame Pigney

Tom Brake (Lib-Dem Brexit spokesman) and Chris Leslie ( Labour MP) have been granted leave to intervene in this case about whether the UK can unilaterally revoke the Article 50 notification. The case is built on the premise set out … Continue reading →

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A reality check and why we need more, rather than less, unity.

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Grahame Pigney

You will all have seen the news about the terrorist attack in France resulting in the death of 5 people including Colonel Arnaud Beltrame. Having lived in and around London in the ’70s and ’80s I hadn’t imagined that I … Continue reading →

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Do you know how many people are NOT being protected in the UK/EU exit treaty? It is far more than you think and you may be one of them.

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Grahame Pigney

This article in the Guardian quite rightly identifies that British nationals resident in EU27 countries and EU27 nationals resident in the UK are not having their fundamental citizenship rights properly assessed or protected in the exit treaty negotiations. This comes … Continue reading →

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Why protecting EU citizenship rights needs more than one approach.

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Grahame Pigney

I have been asked whether the work we are doing isn’t duplicating the “Amsterdam” challenge and the questions being asked of the CJEU. In fact the two issues are separate and reasonably distinct and both, for their own reasons, deserve … Continue reading →

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Government excesses can no longer be tolerated, politics has to work for everyone.

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Grahame Pigney

In a Guardian article entitled “Boardroom excesses can no longer be tolerated. The economy has to work for all.” Theresa May wrote about how she wants to raise the standards of corporate governance, something that undoubtedly needs doing. However, there … Continue reading →

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How can non-existent documents be so informative?

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Grahame Pigney

It’s been an interesting few days: the Govt. has been caught being negligent, ministers have been extremely economical with the truth and a supposedly done deal with the EU has fallen apart. In fact the Govt. did not commission any … Continue reading →

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Do we know where the UK is heading?

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Grahame Pigney

As we start another month on the road from the referendum to the date that the UK is supposed to leave the EU, are things any clearer? The answer to that is a pretty unequivocal “Maybe!” It’s not just May, … Continue reading →

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