Category Archives: Brexit

Parliament set to tell Theresa May it is not for her to decide What is Best for the UK?

According to some, Parliament is set to send a message to Theresa May and her government that it is for Parliament to decide what the outcome will be of the decision for the UK to leave the EU. Despite the … 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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“If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy.”

Ironically the title is a quote from David Davis back in 2012. Now David Davis’s Dept for Exiting the European Union is saying “There can be no attempts to remain inside the EU and no attempt to rejoin it.” By … Continue reading

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Moving forward and this is part of how

We have almost reached our initial fundraising target and have retained Susie Alegre to develop TPC’s advocacy work in tandem with our other legal work, including the Three Knights Opinion. Susie brings with her expertise from twenty years of working … Continue reading

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Could do better if tried harder…

As we have seen in the wake of Theresa May’s Florence speech and the negotiations in Brussels, although some things may be getting slightly less muddled others are becoming or remaining disturbingly foggy. A large part of our work at … Continue reading

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