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Would you hand proroguing power to Labour’s hard left?

September 22, 2019 by Robert Sharp 1 Comment

Press pack outside UK Supreme Court in London, 17 September 2019: image by Steve Nimmons CC By-2.0

Jolyon Maugham QC is the director of the Good Law Project, who has co-ordinated several of the big Brexit-related court cases, including the Cherry and Miller cases currently at the Supreme Court.Interviewed on the Remainacs podcast earlier this week, Maugham pointed out that many of the people who cheered on Boris Johnson’s dodgy prorogation … [Read more...] about Would you hand proroguing power to Labour’s hard left?

#People’s Vote and #Revoke: good options badly placed

April 2, 2019 by Robert Sharp Leave a Comment

Houses of Parliament looming overhead with Big Ben

Yesterday (March 29), the British Parliament once again ‘took back control’ of the Brexit process from our hapless government.MPs held another round of indicative votes on what Brexit policy might possibly secure a majority in the House of Commons. Once again a set of motions were tabled, and once again our representatives set about voting Aye or Noto those … [Read more...] about #People’s Vote and #Revoke: good options badly placed

Is that the Scottish Parliament in Barcelona?

March 30, 2018 by Robert Sharp 2 Comments

Mercat Santa Catarina bears striking resemblance to Scottish Parliament, both designed by Enric Miralles

To say that the world was shocked when the Scottish Parliament building was suddenly transported 1000 miles into the centre of Barcelona, would be something of an understatement.No similar, verifiable phenomenon had ever before occurred in human history. The field of physics was thrown into disarray, when not one scientist could offer an explanation for why a building with … [Read more...] about Is that the Scottish Parliament in Barcelona?

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