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Brexit-what's happening
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47739143
One thing I'm still not clear on is whether the UK has to vote on the March 29th date. The EU has extended it to April 12, but I don't believe the UK has voted on such.
Wonder if that becomes a legal question if they don't get things finalized tomorrow (which is only 3.5 hours from right now).
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03-28-2019 12:39 PM |
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RE: Brexit-what's happening
I hope they get their country back. If not, shame on them.
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03-28-2019 01:06 PM |
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RE: Brexit-what's happening
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/bre...rst-option
Found someone addressed my question:
"On 28 March 2019, at least we can be reasonably confident that the UK does not face a "no deal" Brexit at 11.00pm on 29 March. Reasonably confident, but not absolutely certain. Members of the European Reform Group (ERG) within the Conservative party have raised a legal challenge to the Article 50 extension agreed with the European Council on 21 March. That challenge has two elements:
that the government did not have authority to agree to the particular extension (22 May if the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) is approved by the House of Commons before 11.00pm on 29 March or 11.00pm on 12 April if the WA is not approved); and that the legislative instrument produced to amend the definition of "exit day" in the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 is ultra vires because it does not replace 29 March with a single date, but instead provides for the two possible dates approved by the European Council....
In any event, on 27 March the House of Commons voted in favor of the change of definition by 441 to 105 votes. It now remains for the House of Lords to vote in favor of the amendment. However, that vote was not listed on the House of Lords order paper for 28 March, and no business was scheduled for the House of Lords on 29 March. Consequently, legal certainty can be achieved only by fitting an emergency vote into the House of Lords schedule before the 29 March deadline, or by taking a relaxed view that any vote carried next week would have retrospective effect. Judged by relative order of magnitude, this is a minor problem...."
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03-28-2019 08:34 PM |
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