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Jo Maugham QC
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I think the headline is right. But a No Confidence vote followed by an emergency government without a General Election could undoubtedly halt Brexit. thetimes.co.uk/article/no-con…
After a Vote of No Confidence there are fourteen days for an Emergency Government to demonstrate it commands the confidence of the House and pass a Vote of Confidence and avoid a General Election.
If the existing Government lost a vote of no confidence because it was going to deliver No Deal it's perfectly reasonable to contemplate a new Emergency Government might form, composed of the majority that defeated the previous Government, to stop No Deal.
The real difficulty is how, after the existing Government loses a Vote of No Confidence, an Emergency Government demonstrates that it has a majority.
Of course, if Johnson suspends Parliament, you can't have a Vote of No Confidence and so this option falls away. Which is a reason why, with your help, 70 odd MPs will sue Johnson on Monday to stop him suspending Parliament. Please contribute if you can. crowdjustice.com/case/dont-susp…
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Jo Maugham QC
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If x and y have red-lines which are incompatible "fault" doesn't come into it. x and y value their own red-lines and balance the cost of failing to reach agreement. Talk of "fault" is a stratagem to deflect responsibility from the costs that x and y willingly choose to bear.
The real problem is that the present Government has no mandate to conduct that balancing exercise. May won a minority Government on a different platform. Johnson was selected by a vanishingly small Selectorate. Leave never sought in 2016 a mandate for No Deal.
Add in that MPs (in whom the Referendum Act 2015 reposed the choice of what to do) have repeatedly voted against No Deal, the decision is irreversible, and No Deal can only happen by suspending or sidelining those MPs and you have a genuine democratic outrage: a putsch.
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Jo Maugham QC
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@BaronVonDuncs @sundersays @StevePeers @ianpacemain @julia_politics @stephen_rth @carlgardner The answer to this conundrum - and in my view the real difficulty with this plan - is how an alternative Government indicates to HM that it is better placed to command the confidence of the House. If it can then (I think) the Charlatan would have no choice but to resign. 1/x
@BaronVonDuncs @sundersays @StevePeers @ianpacemain @julia_politics @stephen_rth @carlgardner If it can't then the Charlatan would be entitled to remain in Government. I am not aware of any convention (still less a justiciable one) surviving the FTPA that would require the Charlatan to resign absent another Government being in a better position. 2/x
@BaronVonDuncs @sundersays @StevePeers @ianpacemain @julia_politics @stephen_rth @carlgardner Indeed, I think the absence of any such statement in the FTPA might be thought implicitly to rule out such a convention.

So how does an alternative Government indicate it is better placed? I spent some time in July looking at this and there is no obvious mechanic in... 3/x
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Jo Maugham QC
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If Boris Johnson loses a Vote of No Confidence there can be a change of Government - to one that will block No Deal and enact a referendum or revoke - *without* a General Election.
You can see this *clearly* expressed in the Explanatory Notes to section 2 of the Fixed Term Parliament Act 2011 (legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/14/…).
What it requires is the preparedness of a group of Tories to join a temporary anti-No Deal Government after a vote of no confidence. And some coordination, which is already reportedly happening.
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