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It’s also mad. Quite apart from its blatant contempt for the voters by removing their chance to stop no deal.
First, it adds to the already daunting complexity of no deal preparation the constraints of a government in purdah (affecting what civil servants and ministers can do) and distracted by campaigning rather than focusing on the problems.
Second, it invites the Commons to unite round an alternative PM so as to force Johnson to resign (rather than just voting no confidence in a way that leads to an election).
That route is open to the Commons. See prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/how-c… And threatening to snatch away from voters the chance to stop no deal could be the provocation that leads the Commons down that route.
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In which case they are foolish.
What is described here as “constitutionally intolerable” is the idea that the Queen could refuse Royal Assent to an Act passed by Parliament against the wishes of the government.
But for the PM to advise the Queen to do so would be to breach one of the basic political rules of our constitution: don’t force the Queen to take a controversial decision.
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It’s tempting for those of us who are interested in the mechanics of the UK constitution to spend lots of time gaming how Johnson can be stopped from implementing a crash out Brexit.
But the real priority is to explain why a crash out Brexit would be both disastrous and a betrayal of Johnson’s and Vote Leave’s promises - and so completely devoid of any democratic mandate whatsoever.
Preliminary point: we should stop talking about “no deal”. “No deal” sounds vaguely reasonable. You just don’t do a deal. “Crash out” is more accurate, and should be used. Or (h/t @michaelgove) a “Belarus Brexit”. (See below.)
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How do the State aid rules apply here? thetimes.co.uk/article/bailou…
For those who don’t pay the Murdoch shilling, here’s the key bit (from @michaelgove).
First point: the State aid rules are to survive a no deal Brexit. They will be preserved in domestic law by these regulations. legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/978…
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