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"The Withdrawal Agreement Bill would be so-called superior legislation. This would mean it would trump any other bill."
This is the part that doesn't make any sense to me.
This is the part that doesn't make any sense to me.
It's almost like a country operating without a brain. people will insist on trying to think with their emotions. Emotions are crap at thinking.
There is no constitution in this country. Whatever you do with a Act of Parliament today you can cancel out with another one tomorrow.
Your entire country is made up of current Acts of Parliament. There's nothing else than that. There's no such thing as a constitution.
Your entire country is made up of current Acts of Parliament. There's nothing else than that. There's no such thing as a constitution.
A constitution is a supreme law to which every other law is subordinate.
That's what a constitution is. It's a law of special status above all other law. But you refuse in this country to understand that.
That's what a constitution is. It's a law of special status above all other law. But you refuse in this country to understand that.
People in this country seem to think a constitution is nothing more than a set of habits and assumptions.
That is not a constitution.
That is not a constitution.
So you haven't got a constitution. Okay. But here's the problem.
You're now trying to make "constitutional" guarantees to various people, but you've got no constitution to guarantee them with.
You're now trying to make "constitutional" guarantees to various people, but you've got no constitution to guarantee them with.
Anything law you write today can be scribbled out with an Act of Parliament tomorrow. You haven't got that superior rank of law called a Constitution.
Even if you write an Act of Parliament promising not to change an Act of parliament, you can still cancel both of them out with another Act of Parliament.
A constitution is a legal constraint on the government, disallowing any other law which contradicts the Constitution.
The European Union has been serving that function for the last 50 years. That was the superior law which any Act of Parliament must be subordinate.
The European Union has been serving that function for the last 50 years. That was the superior law which any Act of Parliament must be subordinate.
Take away the European Union, where is your constitution? You haven't got one. And as long as I can remember I've been warning you of the danger.
A constitution is the only thing you've got to defend yourself against a diseased government. No constitution means no defence.
And you just don't make the effort in this country. You seem to think just saying the word constitution is like a magic spell. Constitutional outrage! Expelliamus!
It's exactly the same. You're just relying on superstition and witchcraft.
It's exactly the same. You're just relying on superstition and witchcraft.
What you need to do is stop pretending you've got a constitution and actually sit yourself down and write the bloody thing. Make the effort. Put the work in.
