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[JohnD]

UK House of Commons‏Verified account @HouseofCommons 13m13 minutes ago




ROYAL ASSENT: Having been agreed by both Houses of Parliament, the #EUWithdrawal5Bill has now received Royal Assent. A motion under the terms of the European Union Withdrawal (No.5) Act 2019 - on the Article 50 extension to be requested from the EU - will be debated tomorrow.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/EUWithdrawal5Bill?src=hash

 

[JohnD]

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[JohnD]

Royal Central‏ @RoyalCentral 29m29 minutes ago




The new law forces Theresa May to delay Brexit beyond April 12th without a deal. This is the first piece of backbench legislation to receive Royal Assent in living memory.

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[ellal]

And all done rather quickly...

Quitters of course told us that leaving was 'set in stone' legally wise

What this shows is UK law is fickle to say the least.
Ironically were this EU law it would only take one country to veto a change.
Even smogg has recently admitted the power that the UK could wield.

In addition, look beyond the headlines, and you'll find that UK law is based on a tissue of lies...

Take 'settled status' for example.
May trumpeted how it would be free.
Ah, but only free if you have current 'settlement' (only available since 2015) or a 'valid' indefinite leave to remain (ILTR).
But funnily enough having ILTR stamped in a previous passport and an official home office document isn't considered 'valid'.
(even though there was no way to transfer the stamp to a subsequent passport!)

And 'settled status' (or it's entitlements) will only be guaranteed under secondary legislation - in other words it can be revoked or altered with the swish of a minister's pen.
No debate, no votes, no parliamentary scrutiny.
Thus leaving 3 million+ EU citizens and their families living in perpetual limbo!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Thus leaving 3 million+ EU citizens and their families living in perpetual limbo!

And yet any suggestion that the people who voted for that to happen were xenophobes/racists is fiercely condemned by...


... those who voted for that to happen.

 

[JohnD]

"Commons backs Brexit delay in spite of Tory revolt

Party discipline in tatters as a third of May’s own MPs vote against her plan



Nearly a third of Conservative MPs on Tuesday voted against Theresa May’s plan to delay Brexit, highlighting the prime minister’s weakening grip on her party.

Ahead of an EU summit on Wednesday, the House of Commons backed Mrs May’s proposal to push back the UK’s scheduled departure from the bloc from April 12 to June 30, by 420 votes to 110.

But the vote — required by law after parliament rushed through legislation to prevent a no-deal Brexit this Friday — highlighted Conservative divisions that are likely to deepen if EU leaders finalise a Brexit delay well beyond June 30 at the summit.


Only 131 Tory MPs backed Mrs May’s proposal to delay Brexit to June 30, while 97 Eurosceptics Conservatives voted against, along with the Democratic Unionist party, which props up the government.

The Tory rebels accounted for more than half of Conservative MPs who are not on the government payroll.

A further 80 Tory MPs did not vote, including Mrs May, who was travelling to Berlin and Paris to garner support for her latest Brexit move."

https://www.ft.com/content/2a6e10c8-5ae9-11e9-939a-341f5ada9d40

 

[Vinty]

Old Theresa over in Brussels begging the EU for more time.
This must be one of the most humiliating periods in British history.
Even Neville Chamberlain got more respect from the Nazis.

 

[ellal]

This must be one of the most humiliating periods in British history.

You finally got something right

And you're not alone...

23rd June will come to be regarded as 'national humiliation day' when the history of brexit is written - whatever the outcome!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

And if the historian(s) writing it are any good at their job, the architect of that "humiliation" will be identified as TM.

 

[Notch7]

And yet any suggestion that the people who voted for that to happen were xenophobes/racists is fiercely condemned by...


... those who voted for that to happen.

Can you point out where that option was on the ballot paper, it wasnt on mine

 

[transam]

Can you point out where that option was on the ballot paper, it wasnt on mine

Was not on mine either perhaps BAS had a different ballot paper mind u he is not to bright , and probably voted on some other issue in some local referendum that had nowt to do with the EU

 

[JohnD]

"UK stands down 6,000 no-deal Brexit staff - after spending £1.5bn

Civil service to stand down its no-deal contingency plans in light of new departure date


The government has stood down an army of 6,000 civil servants who had been preparing for a no-deal Brexit, at an estimated cost of £1.5bn.


The civil servants who had been seconded from elsewhere will now return to their normal duties, but there is no clear role for an estimated 4,500 new recruits after article 50 was extended until Halloween.


More than 16,000 civil servants in total have been working on Brexit."

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...V89VlAKY0qMP_m8I9qilwLtssMeiPv-Qkv9Xl3-uW2q_I

Money down the drain.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Can you point out where that option was on the ballot paper, it wasnt on mine

It was on yours - it was here:

Maybe you were just too dim to realise that leaving the EU involved making decisions about what would happen to all of the residents here from other parts of the EU, and that voting to leave without those decisions having already been democratically discussed and decided was giving approval to whatever those decisions tiurned out to be.

So yes - if you voted leave then you are responsible. Own it.

 

[Notch7]

It was on yours - it was here:

Thank you for confirming that it clearly was not on the ballot paper

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I accept that to you it wasn't clear, but that is because of your handicaps.