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It must be a summary. It's way too short for the proper assessment. Interestingly a senior editor of the Sunday Times said she received a copy of this...
September 11, 2019 at 20:31
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The government have published the Yellowhammer docs. Government response to Humble Address Motion Some important bits (will update as I read them): Th...
September 11, 2019 at 19:24
No, the government's prosecutors accuse him of it in their sentencing of Cohen. That memorandum is written by SDNY.
September 11, 2019 at 18:48
The government's sentencing memorandum explicitly says that Individual-1 (who "began an ultimately successful campaign for President of the United Sta...
September 11, 2019 at 18:00
THE GOVERNMENT’S SENTENCING MEMORANDUM
September 11, 2019 at 17:53
To start, he's an unindicted co-conspirator in the charges against Michael Cohen for campaign finance law violations.
September 11, 2019 at 15:58
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I both love and hate your non-standard rotation. One criticism though; the buses are missing the "£350 million" sign.
September 11, 2019 at 12:36
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The actual ruling does spell it as "stymie", although "stymy" is valid too.
September 11, 2019 at 09:43
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September 11, 2019 at 09:29
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Parliament should have just voted to overrule it (prorogation, that is).
September 11, 2019 at 09:14
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Parliament suspension ruled 'unlawful' Will probably be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
September 11, 2019 at 09:11
These people see Trump’s policies as terrible for the country so believe that him “succeeding” would ruin the country, just as I’m sure many Trump sup...
September 11, 2019 at 06:20
I have, but I actually put up a shrubbery.
September 11, 2019 at 05:40
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France to insist on a ‘two-year’ extension to allow Brexit re-evaluation Ha. I knew Macron would be difficult.
September 09, 2019 at 16:47
No, they made a mistake which they then admitted to and promptly fixed. That's not fake news. Fake news is Trump using a sharpie to doctor an official...
September 08, 2019 at 17:59
That's not spin; that's the story. Trump was wrong in saying that Alabama was likely to be hit harder than expected and then tried to defend his mista...
September 08, 2019 at 17:35
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It's a warranted presupposition. There's no reason to believe that it won't receive Royal Assent. It's passed both Houses. It's also by the same reaso...
September 08, 2019 at 17:01
The context is that Trump tweeted on Sunday that Alabama would most likely be hit much harder than anticipated, the National Weather Service corrected...
September 08, 2019 at 16:55
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No, I'm presupposing that the bill will receive Royal Assent because it's passed both Houses.
September 08, 2019 at 16:36
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I was referring specifically to the sentence that states Royal Assent to be a formality. It's passed both Houses and so will receive Royal Assent and ...
September 08, 2019 at 16:26
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There will be.
September 08, 2019 at 16:13
https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/11480614-3x2-940x627.jpg Here's the map that Trump was using. You can clearly see that he used a sharpie to alter it...
September 08, 2019 at 15:10
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The Clerk of the Crown prepares letters patent listing all bills passed by Parliament which are then signed by the Royal Commission.
September 08, 2019 at 11:21
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It's expected to be law on Monday. It's passed the Houses and is awaiting Royal Assent.
September 08, 2019 at 11:11
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European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill (HL Bill 202)
September 08, 2019 at 11:09
NOAA’s support of Trump over its own scientists provokes uproar in weather community And the President did in fact use a sharpie to alter the official...
September 08, 2019 at 09:52
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Uh, what? Where did that come from?
September 07, 2019 at 22:05
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. The Troubles are fake news clearly.
September 07, 2019 at 22:00
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Yes, the same Lib Dems who opposed Labour's war in Iraq.
September 07, 2019 at 20:28
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Now Amber Rudd's gone. The Conservative party is falling apart. Nice.
September 07, 2019 at 20:26
Drawing rings around them.
September 06, 2019 at 21:11
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Of course it is. Parliament can vote to revoke article 50.
September 06, 2019 at 20:35
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It's pretty straightforward. She believes that the best option is to remain, the second best option is to leave with a deal, and that the worst option...
September 06, 2019 at 20:12
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The EU Court has already ruled on this: “The revocation must be decided following a democratic process in accordance with national constitutional requ...
September 06, 2019 at 10:33
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That's already happened; Parliament voting to grant Theresa May authority to invoke article 50. It's only revoked if the UK writes to the EU to notify...
September 06, 2019 at 08:51
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The new law will require Boris to request an extension. The EU might not grant one. Macron almost didn’t last time, and since then there hasn’t been a...
September 06, 2019 at 06:23
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He's rather be dead in a ditch but apparently not rather resign.
September 05, 2019 at 20:02
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That’s what we do with General Elections.
September 05, 2019 at 18:26
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Why not? We’re currently having a GE every other year. The people’s will is always changing. If anything it’s undemocratic to ignore it.
September 05, 2019 at 18:24
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So to summarise, if the majority today are in favour of remaining then the will of the people is to remain, and it is perfectly proper and consistent ...
September 05, 2019 at 18:23
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Undoing a previous vote with a subsequent vote is how democracy works. The will of the people is whatever the will of the people is now, not what it w...
September 05, 2019 at 18:14
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Having a vote is never undemocratic.
September 05, 2019 at 18:02
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And as I’ve explained the will of the people to leave is meaningless if there are incompatible means of leaving. The will of the people might not be t...
September 05, 2019 at 17:55
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So which leave group should we accept as the will of the people, and why that one?
September 05, 2019 at 17:47
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And in 2017 we voted on who to implement Brexit. So that general will must be accepted, right?
September 05, 2019 at 17:42
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Except the leave campaign ruled out leaving without a deal. From the Vote Leave manifesto:
September 05, 2019 at 17:39
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If after 2 years the people ought be allowed to redecide how Brexit is to be implemented then after 3 years the people ought be allowed to redecide wh...
September 05, 2019 at 17:34
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The people decided in the 2017 General Election who they wanted to implement Brexit (according to your logic).
September 05, 2019 at 17:25
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If 48% want to remain, 27% want to leave without a deal, and 25% want to leave with a deal, then what is the will of the people? To leave? That’s pret...
September 05, 2019 at 17:24
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Then neither is an early General Election on the issue of Brexit - although again, a General Election will never just be about Brexit. So if you are s...
September 05, 2019 at 17:11