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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…
There is an amendment calling on Govt to being forward legislation to revoke A50. However, imo unfortunately, unlike my draft, it does not make revocation conditional on a deal not being done and it seeks revocation now rather than as a final backstop after any extension of time.
What makes those differences "unfortunate" imo is that they are likely to increase resistance amongst MPs to them adopting a course that is the only sensible course on the table but which MPs will nevertheless find difficult.
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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
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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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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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