Category Archives: Brexit

Numbers under the Brexit bus

The current version of the Brexit deal is the talk of the town, but sadly it’s much ado about nothing. There’s very little in the current Brexit deal, much of what is there is controversial in one way and/or another … Continue reading

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Is the withdrawal procedure followed by the UK and the EU legal?

This is based around a blog piece by Aurélien ANTOINE a Professor of Law specialising in UK public law on the submission Advocat Fouchet has made on behalf of Harry Shindler and 12 others to the Tribunal of First Instance … Continue reading

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

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”

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.

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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Far worse than playing hide & seek with the EU, the UK government is playing hide & seek with us all.

Michel Barnier has claimed that the UK government is playing hide and seek with the EU during the Brexit negotiations. British citizens, at home and abroad, have known this for months, almost years now. The UK’s government is hiding from … Continue reading

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Where we’re up to and what’s next

Initial Target We’ve hit our initial target, and once again our huge thanks to all those of you who made it happen. You’ve made it possible to kick off the next tranche of work (see below), but first, a bit … Continue reading

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New Interventions in the Edinburgh Article 50 case

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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Transitional agreement – no help to ordinary people

The Millions in the Margins is about the millions of British nationals (both in the UK and elsewhere) who are being reduced to notes in the margins of documents being generated in the negotiating process The Millions in the Margins … Continue reading

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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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