Hilary Abernathay. Some #Covid19 & #Nexit for all?
6 Mar,
7 tweets, 2 min read
It's 756 years since the first Parliament of what's now the UK sat
Just one thing survives from then.
As a member of the Executive, to lie deliberately to or mislead the House requires immediate resignation.
So. Mr Johnson?
You seem to have done both.
goodlawproject.org/update/johnson…
Just one thing survives from then.
As a member of the Executive, to lie deliberately to or mislead the House requires immediate resignation.
So. Mr Johnson?
You seem to have done both.
goodlawproject.org/update/johnson…
Maybe you're a fan of Johnson?
You want to forgive it as minor?
A small white lie from a man everyone knows "exaggerates".
As you build these excuses consider for a moment that if there is no requirement for truth to be told to Parliament, then there is no Democracy.
You want to forgive it as minor?
A small white lie from a man everyone knows "exaggerates".
As you build these excuses consider for a moment that if there is no requirement for truth to be told to Parliament, then there is no Democracy.
Mr Johnson is not campaigning in Parliament, he's in power.
When campaigning, under English law, he can say or promise almost anything without sanction (look it up)
That stops at the Dispatch Box
He may exaggerate or promise. But to deceive deliberately brings down Democracy.
When campaigning, under English law, he can say or promise almost anything without sanction (look it up)
That stops at the Dispatch Box
He may exaggerate or promise. But to deceive deliberately brings down Democracy.
Imagine Neville Chamberlain could have come back from Germany waiving a fabricated deal with Hitler instead of merely a naive one?
What if Blair had been allowed to claim, without sanction, that he argued against Bush and fought against the Iraq approach?
What if Blair had been allowed to claim, without sanction, that he argued against Bush and fought against the Iraq approach?
Many Johnson fans hate Major because of what he negotiated at Maastrict.
What if Major could have swept concerns aside and told pork pies about his deal?
Until it was signed, sealed and unchangeable?
You say that's what happened?
OK, Imagine Major with no backbench scrutiny.
What if Major could have swept concerns aside and told pork pies about his deal?
Until it was signed, sealed and unchangeable?
You say that's what happened?
OK, Imagine Major with no backbench scrutiny.
Many voted to take back control of Parliament.
We should probably hesitate before giving it away to someone prepared to deceive to avoid our last checks and balances.
After all, it'd be super embarrassing to find ourselves responsible for an Enabling Act.
We should probably hesitate before giving it away to someone prepared to deceive to avoid our last checks and balances.
After all, it'd be super embarrassing to find ourselves responsible for an Enabling Act.
Ah. I'm exaggerating you say?
There's no precedence for that.
We'd never blindly waive through legislation with massive holes that would come back to haunt us
Certainly not on truly important once in a century stuff.
Except for twice. In just a year⏬
There's no precedence for that.
We'd never blindly waive through legislation with massive holes that would come back to haunt us
Certainly not on truly important once in a century stuff.
Except for twice. In just a year⏬
https://twitter.com/atatimelikethis/status/1368051325947281410?s=19
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