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BREAKING: Important clarification from senior government source of what Attorney General meant when he said @BorisJohnson would abide by Benn Act, that compels him in absence of a Brexit deal to write letter to EU requesting Brexit delay. Government source: “We will ‘comply’...
“with Benn Act IF and only if it is triggered (which it may not be, if there is a deal). That is NOT the same as ‘the PM will ask for a delay’! HOW we comply with the Benn Act is the real question, and also what would be in our SECOND letter”. In other words...
Johnson still believes he can lawfully render the Benn Act nul and void, presumably by sending a second letter that would dissuade the EU from granting a delay. Lady Hale and the Supreme Court look set to be back in action before the end of October...
adjudicating on another momentous dispute between PM and parliament. Unless that is MPs become persuaded that the only safe way to avoid no deal on 31 October would be to remove and replace Johnson as prime minister.
Didn’t Macron suggest a 2 year delay? We could then get rid of law breaker Johnson and his aiders and abetters, Revoke Art 50 and hold a Public Enquiry and let the NCA finish off their investigations into Bank’s overseas links. If the US removes Trump we can kickstart t’economy
Just as soon he obtains the extension and doesn’t prorogue again or send a second letter saying ignore the first or does anything that makes the EU not grant the extension. He’s a dead man walking but will hang on by fair means or foul.
Parliament needs to take control of the order paper and change the date of the request for extension, so that buffoon either has to comply or resign. End this nonsense once and for all. @LibDems
that’s exactly what they are working on
Let's hope they can manage to amend the Act quick enough, as I am sure BoJo has a plan in his pocket to shut Parliament again.
Parliament now has the time to pass well thought out legislation to tie the PM to a course of action. One way would perhaps be to make the default revocation of Art 50. That would concentrate gov't minds.
As 80% of parliament stood on a platform of respecting the country's decision to leave the EU, doing that would certainly concentrate voters minds.
54% stood on platforms that ruled out No Deal.
Makes you wonder what the point of the law is if the Government so can clearly disregard its intent.
You do know that they've been attempting to implement the referendum result for three years and it's only achieved a constitutional crisis. Largely because it's not possible to implement without crippling short term consequences. Which would be irresponsible of a government.
The only thing that has made implementation so hard is May's red lines. Without them, we'd be long out.
Yes, she should've consulted first to find a consensus in parliament about what an acceptable deal would look like and then negotiated towards that position. That is how our parliamentary democracy should work and will hopefully be how the soon to be incoming govt will handle it.
I don’t like the result of the Supreme Court, I demand another Supreme Court
Was never keen myself, ''I demand a Four Tops Court''.
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