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More to the point, they've already made plain that the EU repeals will be done by statutory instruments in their thousands. Doubtless this one will find a hidin
by eponeponepon 9y ago
More to the point, they've already made plain that the EU repeals will be done by statutory instruments in their thousands. Doubtless this one will find a hiding place among them.
- teh_klev 9y agoI know, it's madness: http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2017/04/11/great-repeal-bill-anatomy-of-a-brexit-power-grab http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2017/04/11/great-repeal-bill...
- eponeponepon 9y agoI wish it was madness. It's terrifyingly rational. It is being done deliberately.
- dmix 9y agoWas the UK ever really much a beacon of democracy in recent years? It's seems like they have just gone open with it and now have the opportunity to rule by decree explicitly. Back to a monarchy for the Brits... > [..] the great repeal bill is a very good name for it, because what this thing does is provide government ministers with extraordinary new powers to change or eradicate nearly half a century of law with almost no scrutiny from the press or parliament. It is shaping up to be the single biggest executive power grab in Britain's post-war history.