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Holger Hestermeyer
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I seriously do not understand the position that protesting against a referendum result / having another referendum is undemocratic, because there was a vote (thread)
Repeat votes are the defining feature of democracy. If you vote once and everything is settled for life, that is an elective monarchy, really.
Protests are almost by definition against government policies. If you think that is not ok, you are entering Saudi Arabian territory.
That does not mean a second referendum is by definition awesome. There can be good reasons against one. But they are not that it would not be democratic.
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This letter is clearly, absolutely clearly and without a doubt wrong about public international law. Let me explain (thread)
1) Let’s begin by clarifying what I understand the letter to say. It is not fully in the tweet - so @faisalislam will (hopefully) correct me if my understanding is wrong.
I read the letter to say that because of the current situation of the ECA 1972 repeal parliament’s intent is to leave the EU on 29 March, that the PM obviously disregarded that intent and that this disregard fulfills the requirements of Art. 46 VCLT and voids the extension.
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Let’s talk a bit SO14. Yes. That is the mysterious standing order 14, at the core of the current #Brexit constitutional revolution. And I will be happy to hear from procedure buffs who know more about this than me, but I am developing a weird fascination for SO14. (Thread)
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While the public face of UK constitutional law is sovereignty of parliament and thus the strongest parliament in the world, not constrained by a written constitution, the secret boss is government: government business has precedence at every sitting.
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So I see we are back discussing Art. XXIV Agreements. Now in the form of “we leave, sign an agreement that gives us a good transition period, negotiate an FTA and voilà - all is Hunkey Dory” (thread)
Let’s start with the good: YES. This is how Art. XXIV GATT is used: you reach a trade agreement. Son we have moved one step. But now let’s include negotiations 101.
Negotiations 101 tells you that negotiations includes thinking about how the other side will behave. So we have just told the EU stuff the deal that we have negotiated where the sun don’t shine. We don’t believe in the need for a NI backstop. Also: forget money.
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