Tuesday 21 January 2020

The Sewell Convention

So, all three of the devolved assemblies have voted to turn down the WA.

By law their approval is needed, and in a democracy should be needed, but Johnson has said Brexit will continue, regardless.

This wasn't unexpected, but the size of the votes was stark.

As was the four Government defeats in the Lords over the past two days.

It might not change anything, but there is effort to turn the Government off course. The principle of refugee children being reunited with their families, and EU citizens having hard copies of their right to stay here should be unarguable. And yet the Tories are denying these rights.

The Sewell Convention says that the devolved institutions should not be ignored But will. Brexit will destroy everything. Then itself.

The bonfire of rights has barely started, but remember where it started when they take your rights way too.

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