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I 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/gr

• eponeponepon 10y ago
  I wish it was madness. It's terrifyingly rational. It is being done deliberately.
  • dmix 10y ago
    Was 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.