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Withdrawal Agreement Implementation White Paper being published soon - we will learn exactly how Government to get round self made conundrum of repealing the European Communities Act on 29 March 2019 and then immediately unrepealing it, in order EU law continues in transition
This issue of “automaticity” of EU law in the transition period obvious from around the time of PM’s Florence speech...
If the repeal of the 1972 Act is immediately unrepealed, as seems to me the only way it can be done, expect even more Brexiter anger....
chances of passing EU Withdrawal Agreement Implementation Bill?

- Unrepeal repeal of European Communities Act
- enshrine in law payment of at least £40bn settlement
- only political declaration on trade

wrote here internal Gov wargame saw it voted down: news.sky.com/story/sky-view…
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Government defeat 303-296 on Cooper No Deal amendment on finance bill - inconvenient embarrassing defeat but big symbolic expression of will of Commons to prevent No Deal Brexit
This is the start of constitutional trench warfare where Parliament will try to assert its power over the executive to prevent No Deal - highly significant. As is the open expression that UK not ready for No Deal from likes of Letwin and Boles.
Twenty Tory rebels voting against Government: Including Sir Michael Fallon... Greening, Gyimah, Soames, Vaizey, Letwin, Boles,
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Sir Oliver Letwin - “we will not allow a No Deal exit at the end of March” and this amendment shows the Government... “for 5 years I was in charge of the resilience of this country...preparation for no Deal wasn’t done... we can not impose on our country a risk of severe impacts”
Letwin almost emotional there - bit between tooth on stopping No Deal will vote for Cooper amendment, said as former Cabinet Office minister responsible for resilience - essentially UK not ready for No Deal. This said as a loyalist who fought hard to get A50 Bill through for PM
Nick Boles sounding pretty furious now about Tory MPs sniping... says manifesto clearly not Moses tablet

“did not say No Deal is better than any deal..” says No Deal prep woeful.

“I will vote on any legislation proposed by anyone that we will leave EU with a deal or not at all”
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EU sources say there will be “no summit” and there are “no actual talks”, some discussions on reassurances. Another diplomatic source tells me even those will not come before the vote next week. /1
Still not entirely sure whether the Meaningful Vote debate that resumes tomorrow will be the continuation of the one curtailed last month or a new one. Former more likely. Would have to make special provision for previous speakers to speak again /2
Tory MPs who attended the Downing St drinks were expecting a bit of a rousing unity speech from PM - surprised there wasn’t one at all even “none of you will be back here” type cajoling. On the way out none I spoke to had changed mind.
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140+ factual, fully-sourced examples of the impact Brexit is already having on the UK. Jobs going, investment drying up, companies moving assets to the EU, or redomiciling. And all happening as Government burns through £billions chasing a no deal Brexit.
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The Government has spent £4.2 billion pounds on Brexit preparations (£2.2 billion in previous Budgets, plus an additional £2 billion in the most recent Budget.) 1/143
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I’m afraid this is simply bonkers. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/…
An Act of Parliament implementing the Withdrawal Agreement can override contrary provisions of the EU Withdrawal Act (section 1 of which, repealing the European Communities Act 1972, isn’t even yet in force).
The fact that the WA could not be ratified without such further legislation is not at all unusual: many treaties require amendments to domestic law before they can be ratified (ie become binding on the U.K. in international law). That doesn’t stop the Crown from negotiating them.
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Latest Brexit white paper is another exercise in linguistic and legal contortions, presumably to pander to the Tory hard right again. Why can’t this Govt & this PM just be straight with people about what they are doing....1/7
Today’s Ministerial statement says we are repealing the 1972 European Communities Act in March 2019 ...2/7
But then it says we are going to “save its effects” - (also know as reintroducing it) - for another 2 years ....3/7
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THREAD (In Progress)

Over the years a lot has been said about the UK’s relationship with Europe/EEC/EU. So much of it has been out of earshot of the electorate. Here is just some of what has been said /1

#ThePoliticiansKnewAllAlong
Our involvement with Europe has introduced into our politics a culture of deceit which is quite new in our history - Christopher Booker 2001 /2
A day will come when we shall see the United States of America and the United States of Europe face to face, reaching out for each other across the seas - Victor Hugo 1849 /3
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In which Chloe Westley lies about Vote Leave having a plan and deliberately pretends that no deal does not mean no deal. London #Brexit luvvies are every bit as contemptible as the worst of the anti-democrat remainers.
2. Vote Leave never had a plan. They could never even agree on whether to use Article 50. Later on in the campaign the VL website published their favoured mode of exit, not using A50 and simply repealing the European Communities Act.
3. That's the equivalent of just tearing up the treaties and seeing what happens - making no provisions for trade, or any of the other three hundred areas of economic cooperation including space, maritime surveillance and fishing. ie total collapse of every regulatory system.
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