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Phil Syrpis
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@tgemiles called me 'revocation guru' earlier. I rather liked that. In response, here's a thread on my revocation journey. The thread will be full of links to some of the blogs I've written on revocation over the last years. 1/
Back in 2016, the referendum result came as a bit of a surprise. There was talk of an immediate triggering of A50. I started thinking about revocability - as an insurance for the UK; if things went badly, could we turn back? 2/
theconversation.com/once-the-uk-tr…
In December 2016, I was on a Guardian podcast discussing Article 50, with @JolyonMaugham.
theguardian.com/politics/audio… 3/
A50 was triggered in March 2017. Uncertainty over the right to revoke persisted. Remainers, to my disappointment, became fixated on the people's vote, rather than on revoke.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/09… 4/
In December 2018, the CJEU delivered its Wightman judgment, confirming the UK's unilateral right to revoke A50. I made my best attempt to set out the case for revoke in this blog:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/12… 5/
I tried to address some of the common arguments against revoke (in particular that it was undemocratic, and contrary to the will of the people) here:
legalresearch.blogs.bris.ac.uk/2019/03/the-ca… 6/
Earlier this month, the LDs adopted the revoke position at their conference. I (unsurprisingly) welcomed that! 7/ blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2019/09…
As I see it, there is a strong democratic case for revoke. If there is no Brexit which commands majority support in Parl, how, democratically, can we leave the EU? 8/
And, if there is to be another GE (in which PM Johnson seeks to get a mandate for his Brexit, promising to get it done), why don't remainers respond with an equally strong message? By backing revoke, we can make it stop. 9/9
PS: Many others deserve mention as revocation gurus too; to name only a few @EuropeanRover @mihe2000 @Wonkypolicywonk @fascinatorfun.
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