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The Citizens Party Manifesto
When a government with a majority, calls a general election most voters don’t want, three years before they ought, something funny is going on. And when something funny is going on, there comes a point at which many people will … Continue reading
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Taking action on the People’s Challenge amendment
The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill was published yesterday by the Government. It has a simple, brutal purpose: to hand back to the Prime Minister all of the power she wrongly claimed she had during the Miller case, so … Continue reading
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Even Tory Leavers are waking up to Theresa May’s subversion of democracy.
In one of today’s Guardian articles, pro-Leave Conservative MP Stephen Phillips decries the tyranny of Theresa May’s government in trying to bypass Parliament regarding Brexit. Phillips said: “I and many others did not exercise our vote in the referendum so as … Continue reading
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What the People’s Challenge IS NOT about and what it IS about
The Peoples’ Challenge to the Government (www.crowdjustice.co.uk/case/Parliament-should-decide) IS NOT about overturning the Referendum. It is as it is, just as Breakfast is Breakfast. Everyone has to “get over it and move on”, as we are frequently told. This is us … Continue reading
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We should all want Article 50 to be subject to Parliament’s will
Leave voters didn’t vote for Brexit to make this place irrelevant. September has ended, ladies and gentleman, and much has changed since the 23rd of June. Theresa May is Prime Minister, Article 50 is scheduled to be triggered by the end … Continue reading
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Theresa May on Art. 50 by March: Here’s my Challenge to her
The latest on Brexit is that Theresa May will trigger article 50 by march 2017. On Sunday morning, on Andrew Marr’s radio programme, she also said that there would be a “Great Repeal Bill” to enshrine all EU law in … Continue reading
A sweeping re-distribution of power from Government to… Theresa May?
In 2010 the Tory Party made a commitment to making “the use of the Royal Prerogative subject to greater democratic control so that Parliament is properly involved in all big national decisions”. The Prime Minister and her three Brexiteers are now … Continue reading
Public debate: a threat to the Govt’s overbearing secrecy?
“The government is shutting down public debate… [on use of Royal Prerogative]” says the Guardian. It certainly seems to be the case – but why? A good while back, Mrs Thatcher refused to allow the voices of Sinn Fein to … Continue reading
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“When we have decided what you voted for, we will tell you.”
It used to be claimed during the Cold War that in the countries of the Soviet bloc elections could not take place until the government had decided what their result should be. Here, we order these matters differently. We had … Continue reading
Parliament: Cornerstone of Britain or a footstool for Theresa May?
The Palace of Westminster is the seat of the most powerful and important body in the UK: Parliament. Although some powers have been devolved, Parliament has legislative supremacy over all other political and administrative bodies in the UK and its … Continue reading