Thread by @WomaninHavana

I have just emerged from a long desk day advising on the law of the land to discover it has been a shameful day for law, and the rule of law, in the UK.

Something is rotten in any state that promotes this.

And one doesn’t get credit for breaking just a little bit of the law.

And you can take that also from a former Lord Chancellor.

Struggling to close my jaw as I catch up on today’s developments faultlining where law meets politics.

And we can tune in now to hear it from the UK’s former Ambassador to the US @KimDarroch, as well.

I’m still dumbfounded by @BrandonLewis comments on international law. Break the law a tiny bit.

So the govt is prepared to break international law to achieve its ends, having sold the country there was a done deal, a brilliant deal that it now wants to unravel.

Are there actually no limits to what this government’s Brexit will break in our country?

#internationallaw

Quite apart from boxing themselves into a corner over this, and irrespective of whether they actually intend to violate #internationallaw, the damage this is doing to our international reputation is not to be underestimated.

As an aside, it’s a strange week to be writing a book chapter about the rule of law in modern democracies in the 21st century.

Britain has much to be proud of on its record on the rule of law.

I hope the government listens to & respects the significant voices of protest, which come from essential traditions, codes & stability which govern our modern state and strengthen our society.

Here’s another former Lord Chancellor @DavidGauke.

You have to wonder how hard the govt thought about this. Or the consequences of their decision to push the WA through in 3 days.

It’s going to get very “interesting” in the House of Lords.