Keith Wilson
Lady Wicket💗“…sometimes you should follow the arrogance … You should look for those who can’t believe that the law would ever catch them, who believe that they act out of a right that the rest of us do not have.”
Terry Pratchett; Snuff
#DiscWorld #Arrogance #Johnson #JohnsonNeedsHeldToAccount #NIProtocolBill
StavvyWith #johnsonthetraitor & the #Tory right threatening to disrupt the #NIprotocol deal, #Starmer told the Observer he was taking the extraordinary step of offering his party’s support in any parliamentary vote on the agreement, enabling #Sunak to stop “scrambling around to appease an intransigent rump of his own backbenchers..source close to Johnson said it was his view that “it would be a great mistake to drop the #NIprotocolBill ”. #ergcoup #ToryOCG
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/18/boris-johnson-threatens-rishi-sunaks-bid-to-end-deadlock-over-brexit
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/18/boris-johnson-threatens-rishi-sunaks-bid-to-end-deadlock-over-brexit
Clare RiceThe #HouseofLords European Affairs Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland has written to the Foreign Secretary outlining findings from its inquiry into the #NIProtocolBill.
A succinct summary of a vast body of evidence, the letter concludes by emphasising the importance of #trust
#NorthernIreland #UKpolitics #Brexit #EU #NIProtocol
https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/31662/documents/177968/default/
David AndersonHello, I am a #crossbench Mastodon from #houseoflords, a #barrister practising in #eulaw, #humanrights, #publiclaw and #internationallaw, interested in #ukpolitics, #houseofcommons, #treaties, #legislation - all the fun stuff including #REULBill, #NIProtocolBill, #NITroublesBill, #PublicOrderBill, #onlinesafety - #nationalsecurity, #terrorism, #counter-terrorism, #counter-extremism, #surveillance, #investigatorypowers
Paul - Grumpy Old Man“To a Tory, the word patriot has the equivalent interchangeable definition to the words xenophobe, racist, misogynist & cretin.”
#JohnsonOut155 #CabinetofShame @Conservatives #ToryCorruption #JohnsonOutNow #BrexitLies #NIProtocolBill
https://twitter.com/jamesf101010/status/1541671219296178182?s=21
#JohnsonOut155 #CabinetofShame @Conservatives #ToryCorruption #JohnsonOutNow #BrexitLies #NIProtocolBill
https://twitter.com/jamesf101010/status/1541671219296178182?s=21
Eviscerating from @CarolineLucas: "At the very same time the PM is glad-handing G7 leaders in Bavaria, and extolling the virtues of a rules-based international system, his own Government at home is riding horse and coaches through a rules-based system." #NIProtocolBill
This Govt "is asking each member of this House to vote for a Bill that flouts international law."
"That is never a proposition that should be put to Honourable Members."
This Bill is damaging and counter-productive. The precedent it sets is dangerous. DavidLammy #NIProtocolBill
https://t.co/tLENmeZeEq
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“This Govt "is asking each member of this House to vote for a Bill that flouts international law. "That is never a proposition that should be put to Honourable Members." This Bill is damaging and counter-productive. The precedent it sets is dangerous. @DavidLammy #NIProtocolBill”