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1/ A few clips taken from this week's proceedings in The House of Lords re: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill – Second Reading. Baroness Helena Kennedy QC 'If only...' speech on Brexit. Must listen! @GuitarMoog @StevePeers @EmporersNewC @IanDunt @IanaDreyer @fascinatorfun
2/ 'To me certainty would mean we knew what The Govt's plans were for Brexit, for the outcome....' @SusanKramer
3/ 'It's *the govt* suffocating by a pursuit of Brexit that can only make Wigton *and places similar* worse.' @liddlro
4/ 'Lords I don't disguise the fact, the wording of Clause 1 of this bill...strikes a dagger to my soul' Lord Butler.
5/ 'Brexiteers talk about 'going global'...what is this 'Going Global' nonsense? Fifty percent of trade is with the EU, another twenty percent on top of that is through the FTAs we have with the EU.' @Lord_Bilimoria
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1/ A few of clips from this week's DExEU SC. An incredibly impressive panel & I would recommend anyone interested in the politics, economics and legal aspects of Brexit to watch the whole session. @SamuelMarcLowe @CSBarnard24 @KirstyS_Hughes & @HenryNewman. So to the clips...
2/ @hilarybennmp : 'When someone says to you “managed no deal”, what is your reaction? What would you say about it?' @SamuelMarcLowe : 'It is a political slogan of no substantive worth.'
3/ @CSBarnard24 Talks about how 'a decision of Heads of State or Government' could be used (if brokered by the EU27 & UK) to break the current impasse between May and parliament over her Brexit deal. @SamuelMarcLowe
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1/ A few clips from last week's DExEU SC am session. @SeemaMalhotra1 asks Sir Amyas Morse (Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office) if there will be enough time to draft and pass the 800 Statutory Instruments (SIs) needed before March 2019.
2/ Sir Amyas Morse : 'And the other thing that is true, you might reach the end of the transition period and find that you don't have the agreement that you thought you were going to have, at all!'
3/ @hilarybennmp : 'Which do you think is going better, preparing for a deal or for a no-deal?' @julianHjessop (Chief Economist and Head of the Brexit Unit, Institute for Economic Affairs) is scathing!
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@rjbarfield1 Interview with Martin Donnelly from last night's #newsnight. 1/4
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On a night of political turmoil, it’s such a delight to switch off Brexit and celebrate the work of ⁦@BarHumanRights⁩ and wave farewell to our wonderful Chair ⁦@Kirsty_Brimelow⁩, in conversation with the marvellous Baroness Helena Kennedy QC. #ThankYouKirsty
Lovely words of encouragement and thanks from @Kirsty_Brimelow on behalf of @BarHumanRights to our many partners in the room, to our hardworking Drafting Committee and to our student members, future human rights lawyers to keep checking a cycle of backsliding in #humanrights.
International trial observations, which @BarHumanRights specialise in conducting, throw a spotlight on specific #humanrights issues. @Kirsty_Brimelow talks about our work in Turkey this year, and her own trial observation in Bahrain, & Colombia.
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So now we have a Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration, what next?

The "Meaningful Vote", scheduled for 11 December.

#Brexit

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It looks highly likely that May's deal will not be approved, first time at least.

I have summed up what might happen after that in this blog post: jonworth.eu/there-is-a-wit…

I sketch out 7 things that could happen - summaries in this thread.

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OPTION 1️⃣
** Just hold the line **

Wait to see what happens. See if markets crash. See if MPs begin to show remorse. And then make them vote again.

Chances: low. A 2nd vote on the same proposition is ridiculous.

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#brexit seems to be all about feeling over fact and this is especially true of the ReesMogg ERG faction of the Tory right.
I never bought the line that #brexit is about Democracy because most of the Tory right had zero enthusiasm for improving democracy in the UK few of them care about unelected house of lords the unfair FPTP electoral system or transparency on the contrary
Most of the Tory right are interested only in constitutional changes that suit them and if anything strive to be as little democratically accountable as possible.
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001/ [article content in this tweet series 001-180 reproduced with permission from Martin Howe QC of Lawyers for Britain @lawyers4britain]
#quote "Leaving the EU on WTO terms: pulling down the barriers to world trade
Introduction: why prices will FALL after Brexit, not rise" /002
002/ #quote "Over the past couple of weeks, the media have been full of lurid scare stories about what will happen if the UK leaves the EU on WTO terms, because negotiations with the EU do not result in a withdrawal agreement." /003
#tariffs #NoDeal #Brexit #WTO #ProjectFear #shortages #food #medicines
003/ #quote "One of the most ridiculous and UNJUSTIFIED of these absurd scare stories is that it will lead to higher prices, and even shortages, of foods and medicines." /004
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Lords begins consideration of Commons changes to Lords amendments to EU Withdrawal Bill - minister Lord Callanan says customs union already repeatedly considered
Baroness Smith of Basildon "The Lords should not engage in ping pong lightly" - Lords performing constiutional role
"When Dutch Govt is advising its manufacturers not to buy components form UK because our future customs relationship with EU is unclear, we know there is a problem that needs to be addressed urgently," says Baroness Smith re Sky News #rulesoforigin story news.sky.com/story/european…
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1. It is time it is made clear that one limb of our constitution - the judicary - will be thrown into legal chaos on exit day. No ifs, no buts, no coconuts! We all know civilised society depends on a functioning legal system; we're unlikely to have that. #FBPE #lawlessBrexit #FBR
2. Brexit has created divisions in Parliament and the public domain. Regardless of whether someone is Pro-EU or Pro-Brexit, there are far-reaching aftereffects relevant to the UK’s exit that must be addressed to ensure continuity and legal certainty on and after exit day.
3. The UK leaving the EU poses a significant challenge not simply for the Government and Parliament but also for the legal systems in the four Nations; it is a legal undertaking of a type and scale that is unique and unprecedented. Its a nightmare. #ABTV #WATON
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