Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
The legislation passed last night - which was achieved by MPs taking control of Parliamentary business for a day - seems to compel the PM to ask for a further extension to the exiting process rather than facilitate a No Deal exit. The European Council - which I think consists of Juncker, Tusk and the member state leaders - may still refuse to grant another extension of course and Theresa must provide a sufficient reason to extend the leaving date. However, an interesting facet of this is that it puts the ball in the EC's court (or at least assigns them a significant portion of blame) with regards to a No Deal exit. The leaders of the remaining 27 member states won't want to be seen to facilitate a No Deal exit (although I think Macron is keen) due to the detrimental affect on businesses. Fascinating stuff.
The method by which the legislation was passed by MPs yesterday was also totally unorthodox. The bill was passed through the House of Commons between the end of Prime Minister's Questions and midnight (less than 11 hours) when the procedure has always taken months as multiple readings of the bill are required. It may be passed by the House of Lords as early as today. JRM pointed out that this sets a dangerous precedent for future majority governments to streamroller some controversial legislation through Parliament in a matter of hours and prevent it from receiving the appropriate level of scrutiny.
The method by which the legislation was passed by MPs yesterday was also totally unorthodox. The bill was passed through the House of Commons between the end of Prime Minister's Questions and midnight (less than 11 hours) when the procedure has always taken months as multiple readings of the bill are required. It may be passed by the House of Lords as early as today. JRM pointed out that this sets a dangerous precedent for future majority governments to streamroller some controversial legislation through Parliament in a matter of hours and prevent it from receiving the appropriate level of scrutiny.
