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Lewis Goodall
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In a car and out blurts a radio ad from the govt saying we are leaving the EU on October 31st and we should “get ready for Brexit.” These ads are now odd- it is literally the law of the land to say if we don’t have a deal by Oct 31st as a nation, we will try not to leave.
The last govt plastered bill boards telling us we were leaving on March 29th, we didn’t. Not sure it does much for the reputation of government generally to assure its citizens that something is definitely happening when it knows it cannot be certain of it.
Indeed the govt prep ads make little sense on their own terms now the law is passed. If we get a deal we enter the transition period so there is nothing to prepare for on October 31st. If we don’t the PM must seek an extension.
It’s almost as if the govt is trying to tell us something about their policy towards that bit of law...
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Boris Johnson repeating something which has been rendered entirely inaccurate by events and his choices. He repeats the assertion that Parliament is only losing 4 sitting days.

Because Parliament was prorogued on Monday not Thursday or Friday last week, it’s lost 8-9 days.
And of course, given Parliament would have chosen to sit for at least some of the conf recess, probably much more than that.
He also says Parliament is in “recess.” It’s not, it’s prorogued. If it were just in recess it could undertake more business than it’s able to now it’s in prorogation.
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So let me get this straight. The position of the PM is that he has not prorogued politically, that it’s absurd anyone suggests he has done so, it’s all about the need for a Queen’s Speech.

Yet...they’re considering proroguing politically. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…
The first time they had a reason to do it which might hold up in front of the Supreme Court. Unless they rule the govt can prorogue whenever it wants for whatever it reason it wants, this won’t hold up.
Consider the implications of that. A future government is about to lose a VONC, or lose on a key piece of legislation and the government could just prorogue it for as long as it likes to avoid its will.

Would be seriously dangerous territory.
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The Prime Minister is saying that if necessary he will ignore the Commons and break the law. Elaborating on this point, he has said: "The madder the hulk gets, the stronger the hulk gets."

I'm not often lost for words. But there we are, it's nice to have new experiences.
This country has absolutely lost the plot.
Sometimes you get unlucky with your weekend shifts. Last weekend got Amber Rudd. I got the Hulk.
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