Further Consequences
Of the present Government's intention to ditch a Legally Binding Agreement it made last year with the EU.
Some people have resigned posts they held in Government, because they Do Not want to be even associated with such immoral behaviour.
Others, eg: Justice Secretary Robert Buckland, have said that they will resign from the the government if he sees international law being broken "in a way that I find unacceptable".
Which to my mind immediately implies that there are some ways in which he might find the government breaking international law "acceptable". What price Integrity?
Various ex-Prime Ministers have all pointed out that doing so would be 'Inadvisable' and 'Bad for the UK's Reputation' and 'Bad for the UK internationally'; including two Conservative PMs - Sir John Major and David Cameron, as well as Gordon Brown. I don't think Theresa May was that keen on the whole ploy either.
Over the weekend H showed me an article from CNN (an American News Network) which said that the US would now be Very Careful and Wary about making any agreements and deals with the UK. See how fast things can come back to Bite You - with Seriously Big Teeth!
Governments of other countries will be watching to see what happens. But clearly, the damage has already begun, whatever the result of the debate in Westminster about bringing in this sophistry.
Oh, and this Government is still expecting and advising us to stick to its (new today) Covid Restrictions.
What price Leading By Example?*
Are we now, to misquote a WW1 commentator, a nation of lions** governed by the unprincipled!
Y'all have a good, and principled, day now!
*No, you really can't go around doing What You Want to Do, When You Want to Do It and Stuff Everyone Else. It doesn't work like that!
**Those who have seen real lions, or Nature programmes about them, will remember that they spend the majority of their time 'Lion' around dozing, leaving the hard work of hunting and cub-raising to the Lionesses, then muscling in to eat their 'Lion's share' of any catch. Also Making a Lot of Noise in Territorial disputes, taking over the prides of weaker lions and killing any cubs so that they can perpetuate their own (selfish) genes.
Wonder which casually unobservant proto-David Attenborogh thought that a Lion would be a good emblem? Some 'Men!'
Some people have resigned posts they held in Government, because they Do Not want to be even associated with such immoral behaviour.
Others, eg: Justice Secretary Robert Buckland, have said that they will resign from the the government if he sees international law being broken "in a way that I find unacceptable".
Which to my mind immediately implies that there are some ways in which he might find the government breaking international law "acceptable". What price Integrity?
Various ex-Prime Ministers have all pointed out that doing so would be 'Inadvisable' and 'Bad for the UK's Reputation' and 'Bad for the UK internationally'; including two Conservative PMs - Sir John Major and David Cameron, as well as Gordon Brown. I don't think Theresa May was that keen on the whole ploy either.
Over the weekend H showed me an article from CNN (an American News Network) which said that the US would now be Very Careful and Wary about making any agreements and deals with the UK. See how fast things can come back to Bite You - with Seriously Big Teeth!
Governments of other countries will be watching to see what happens. But clearly, the damage has already begun, whatever the result of the debate in Westminster about bringing in this sophistry.
Oh, and this Government is still expecting and advising us to stick to its (new today) Covid Restrictions.
What price Leading By Example?*
Are we now, to misquote a WW1 commentator, a nation of lions** governed by the unprincipled!
Y'all have a good, and principled, day now!
*No, you really can't go around doing What You Want to Do, When You Want to Do It and Stuff Everyone Else. It doesn't work like that!
**Those who have seen real lions, or Nature programmes about them, will remember that they spend the majority of their time 'Lion' around dozing, leaving the hard work of hunting and cub-raising to the Lionesses, then muscling in to eat their 'Lion's share' of any catch. Also Making a Lot of Noise in Territorial disputes, taking over the prides of weaker lions and killing any cubs so that they can perpetuate their own (selfish) genes.
Wonder which casually unobservant proto-David Attenborogh thought that a Lion would be a good emblem? Some 'Men!'