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Peers vote to give Parliament a meaningful vote on the outcome of Brexit negotiations.

The Lords voted this evening to amend the “Brexit Bill” to give Parliament a meaningful vote on the outcome of negotiations with the EU. In this the Lords have fulfilled their purpose and duty as the conscience of Parliament and … Continue reading

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Red Queen once again asserts that she is the law and will not allow Parliament a meaningful vote

The Red Queen strikes again! In a shockingly dismissive statement yesterday Theresa May said that she would not allow Parliament to amend “her” Brexit bill. The Prime Minister once again flexes her muscles and announces her willingness to overrule Parliament … Continue reading

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We must not lose our faculty to dare

By the end of today we will know exactly how high the House of Lords has set the bar for the House of Commons in terms of sensible amendments to the Brexit Bill and explicitly embedding Parliamentary Sovereignty in the … Continue reading

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Supreme Court’s ‘decisive restoration of parliamentary sovereignty’ welcomed by People’s Challenge

Crowdfunded campaign group ‘the People’s Challenge’ welcomed today’s Supreme Court decision that ‘regal’ prerogative powers could not be used by the Government to exit the EU and that only an Act of Parliament would be sufficient. The judgment means that … Continue reading

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Christmas Greetings and update

iAs 2016 draws to a close and we await the Supreme Court’s confirmation that the UK’s Parliament is the Sovereign authority that Theresa May and her Government must respect and obey, our thoughts turn to the process by which our … 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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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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Brexit: the Case for a Parliamentary Vote – Jolyon Maugham QC

[The following was commissioned by Counsel Magazine and is also published here.] I’ll take some things as read. You’ll know there’s a legal challenge to the Government’s position that it is for it and not Parliament to decide what action to … Continue reading

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