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Commented on Constitutional crisis ahoy!
The Crown has the right to refuse royal assent to any act of Parliament. Probably. Maybe. Sort of. It hasn't happened since 1704, which is plenty of time for a habit to ossify into a constitutional convention (note for Americans:...
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Commented on Constitutional crisis ahoy!
Yeah, and that conclusion seems like a very wishful reading of article 50 to me. We could certainly go to Brussels while that two-year clock is ticking and say "oops, never mind", but one of the few explicit certainties in...
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Commented on Constitutional crisis ahoy!
What's to stop Parliament from rewriting the Scotland Act and others to remove this putative veto? Would require the consent of the Scottish Parliament, which is what this is all about. Must contradict. A foundational axiom underpinning all British constitutional...