Lords and Ladies
I'm at work again, listening to the summing up in the Supreme Court of appeals brought relating to the prorogation of parliament.
The case(s) may seem complicated, but they come down at some level to deciding if our government broke the law, and if it did, does it matter?
I won't know the decision until tomorrow, but I'm inclined to think that the judgement will be that the matter IS subject to law, that the Government DID break the law, and that there's nothing the courts can do about it.
I must admit, that's based mostly on my feeling that the courts are afraid to be seen as going against the government. They live a comfortable life, and it would not be made easier if they were to speak truth to power - on the contrary, they will be hounded by a compliant press, encouraged covertly or overtly by the government, and made targets for right wing terrorists, who've already killed one MP.
One of the things that this dismal demonstration of how far we've departed as a country from the rule of law is that Scotland, 5 years ago, could have departed from the country as it was then, from a country that no longer exists.
I'm not someone who is encouraging this clusterfuck, who thinks that a Johnson government, a no-deal Brexit and an innefectual opposition because it makes Independence more likely. I think simple logic makes independence inevitable, and don't see why it should come off the suffering of our friends and neighbours in England, Wales and (however briefly) Northern Ireland.
Still, Lord Pannick, summing up now, is discussing not whether Parliament should be recalled next week, but how it will be recalled.
Here's hoping I'm proven wrong sooner than usual.
The case(s) may seem complicated, but they come down at some level to deciding if our government broke the law, and if it did, does it matter?
I won't know the decision until tomorrow, but I'm inclined to think that the judgement will be that the matter IS subject to law, that the Government DID break the law, and that there's nothing the courts can do about it.
I must admit, that's based mostly on my feeling that the courts are afraid to be seen as going against the government. They live a comfortable life, and it would not be made easier if they were to speak truth to power - on the contrary, they will be hounded by a compliant press, encouraged covertly or overtly by the government, and made targets for right wing terrorists, who've already killed one MP.
One of the things that this dismal demonstration of how far we've departed as a country from the rule of law is that Scotland, 5 years ago, could have departed from the country as it was then, from a country that no longer exists.
I'm not someone who is encouraging this clusterfuck, who thinks that a Johnson government, a no-deal Brexit and an innefectual opposition because it makes Independence more likely. I think simple logic makes independence inevitable, and don't see why it should come off the suffering of our friends and neighbours in England, Wales and (however briefly) Northern Ireland.
Still, Lord Pannick, summing up now, is discussing not whether Parliament should be recalled next week, but how it will be recalled.
Here's hoping I'm proven wrong sooner than usual.