From Brexiter lies to Lady Hale“s brooch, the legal campaigner recalls her supreme court battle and argues for honesty in politicsThis summer was my third without a holiday, spent instead in legal communications with the government. In the summer of 2016, I was doing the same over Theresa May“s decision to trigger Article 50 without consulting parliament. In the summer of 2017, it was regarding what then first minister of Wales Carwyn Jones referred to as her £1 billion `bung` to the DUP. And this summer it was over Boris Johnson“s attempt to prorogue parliament - that is shut it down for five weeks and deny elected members of parliament their legal voice over Brexit.My communication with the prime minister started on 11 July, as a warning shot, to say if rumours of his plans to close down parliament were true, this, in my view, was illegal and I would not hesitate to seek clarification from the courts. All through the summer, I received letters from the government, in which they went to great lengths to assure me they would abide by the law. So much so that there was something fishy about it. My legal team and I continued preparing the case. Continue reading...
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