Brexit

Well surely you should negotiate the new arrangement (deal or not) and put THAT (single) option to the people before putting it to rest? Either way. At least then the nation would have the facts laid before them for once and should be able to make an informed decision and not one based on lies, well intentioned promises that cannot be kept or a complete avoidance of the issues that arise altogether. 

Yep Labour win landslides when the country get fed up of the nasty party. That party has the greatest record in any western democracy of the last century so it is really difficult for Labour to win in a conservative country. But when they formed majority governments they have only needed Scottish MP's once. Look it up, I've got the figures if you want me to save you time, but it is an urban myth that the Labour party can't win without Scottish MP's.

The government is not above the law and they must never be.

(I’m pretty sure you’d be beatifying her if it was in reverse.)

Well that article actually says a former minister and not civil servants and worst case scenario is what the government is now claiming now that it has leaked and given how much they have lied over no deal planning I'm not sure why we're expected to believe that.

And if government policy is to damage Britain to that extent it absolutely should be undermined.

The Government must be bound by the law of the land in a democracy, otherwise it is a dictatorship. The fact that money is required to access the legal system is a travesty - the law should be there to serve its citizens interests, not just to enforce Government power over them.

I think people sometimes forget that a government is only one arm of our democratic system, and that checks and balances on its power exist for a reason. Parliament is one of those checks, so is the law and our (unwritten) Constitution. 

One could argue that our democracy is founded on the idea that the Government shouldn't actually gets its own way all the time - going right back to Magna Carta, when the Government was the will of the King, and he was forced to cede some of his power to the Barons. That's the origin of Parliament - the Parliamentary supremacy that Brexiteers claimed to be so keen on.

Your perception is wrong. Taking a case to court is expensive, but each case is still going to be judged on its merit under the law.
It doesn't matter how much you've spent to get it there, you can't buy the result you want. Lack of money means that you won't get access to the process, and that is a terrible thing - if you can't get access you can't put your case, no matter how much merit it has. But if your case has no merit you will still lose.

The case set a useful precedent regarding Parliamentary Supremacy, but given that MPs were silly enough to vote to immediately trigger Article 50 anyway, it didn't actually affect the outcome. Wiser politicians would have voted down immediately triggering Article 50 and insisted on a consultation period to figure out just exactly what 'Brexit' actually means for our country, what our negotiating goals should have been, before Article 50 was actually triggered, to avoid this absolute fiasco with the Withdrawal agreement satisfying no-one and being repeatedly voted down.

Gina Miller's case gave Parliament a chance to actually control the Brexit process so that it could be carried out in an orderly fashion. Parliament ultimately failed to do that, because they were terrified of the Brexit 'saboteur' rhetoric scuppering their election chances. We are all going to suffer in the long-run because of their abrogation of responsibility.

Read an interesting piece about Boris’s strategy.

He knows he is in a corner, currently building a case of victim of Europe and insergents.

Will argue that he has been placed in a position dictated by others, forced to change the leaving date.

Everything will descend to the scenario in the light of everything he did all he could do and compromise was forced upon him.

Arise St Boris, as we get the best if both worlds, No Deal thwarted, a Custom Union, we remain in ‘Europe’ only in a smoke and mirrors scenario where we all believe we win.

Looking forward to reading the history books in 30yrs if I am still here, the true genius knows there is only a fine line between idiocy and genius and only history will tell which side of the line Boris lies.

I just don't see either of the major two parties really wanting an election with a no deal still an option. Plus if we get Brexit done then that takes Farage out of the picture. His party could take a big chunk of Labour and Tory voters. I feel the Lib Dems want an election with No Deal still an option as they seem to be regaining ground and nearly filling the 3rd taxi full of MPs. This gives them a better platform to campaign on especially with the two big parties having a lot of ongoing issues.

With the possible vote of confidence I wonder if the Sheffield Hallam member might postpone his resignation for a few days next month as his vote could be fairly important.

Excuse me. No point stirring the pot on this point.

Unfortunately that wonderful strong and stable statement is no more #sadface #sobbing #sainttheresa

With each day that passes and with every nonsensical barrage of drivel that seeps out of Johnson, Corbyn and Swinson I am more and more ashamed to be part of a country whose elected representatives are behaving in this fashion. Leaving is becoming more the better option as really how could the UK stay in an organisation it has so profoundly insulted and treated with such contempt and derision. Also why would they want us? I certainly wouldn't.

I truly despair