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Jo Maugham QC
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By the end of this week, MPs will have rejected two models of Brexit - the PM's Withdrawal Agreement and No Deal. And if they are invited to vote on some other model, by amendment selected by the Speaker, they will reject that too.

So where next? prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/jolyo…
I understand revoking is politically difficult. But MPs need to remember the constituents they serve and the immense damage No Deal will cause. And unilateral revocation - a right I spent two years of my life fighting to win - is the only way to take No Deal off the table.
This - which I wrote on the morning the Wightman decision was released - is the real case for revocation. ft.com/content/3a0238…
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Jo Maugham QC
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Lots of chatter about whether a third vote on the withdrawal agreement should be ruled out by the Speaker. It's pretty clear to me that he should not, for three related reasons. /1
First, the Commons must be in charge of its own procedure. If it wants to approve the withdrawal agreement then by definition it wants the opportunity to vote on it again. If it doesn’t want to approve the agreement it doesn’t matter if it votes on it again. /2
This point is the flip side of Bercow’s decision in January to allow a dodgy amendment (which MPs went on to accept). The constitutional ground zero has to be the will of the majority of the Commons. If you applauded him then you should not want him to rule out a vote now. /3
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Jo Maugham QC
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Looks to me like Nigel Farage (like many other leading Brexiters) is using a personal service company to shelter his earnings from (ie avoid) income tax.
theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
Here are the accounts of Farage's company (which seems only to have current assets, suggesting a PSC, and which seems to have huge retained earnings (suggesting a shelter). beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/076507…
Here are the accounts of Julia Hartley-Brewer's company, about which equivalent points can be made. beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/076485…
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Jo Maugham QC
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You can legislate to take No Deal off the table but you can ONLY do it by legislation that states that unless a deal has been ratified on the day before we leave the EU, Article 50 shall be revoked.
The majority of MPs, who will tomorrow vote against No Deal, are going to have to grasp that nettle. There is no alternative.
I have drafted a Bill that takes No Deal of the table. It can be read here jolyonmaugham.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/europe…
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