lizkat
Watching March roll out real winter
Guess it's not just some pols in the USA may figure the rule of law is about as good as which way the wind's blowing in courts of law on a given afternoon
I think the term Trumponian will be a staple going forward, he's set some terrible precedents in his short time in office.Guess it's not just some pols in the USA may figure the rule of law is about as good as which way the wind's blowing in courts of law on a given afternoon
Guess it's not just some pols in the USA may figure the rule of law is about as good as which way the wind's blowing in courts of law on a given afternoon
in the House of Commons - around a fortnight ago that the government's intention to introduce legislation to over-ride provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement would break international law "in a specific and very limited way."
I never got into the game Fortnite.Language like this is why some people like Trump with what they call straight talk. I have no idea what you said there, and I’m not talking about “fortnight”.
Language like this is why some people like Trump with what they call straight talk. I have no idea what you said there, and I’m not talking about “fortnight”.
Language like this is why some people like Trump with what they call straight talk. I have no idea what you said there, and I’m not talking about “fortnight”.
Actually, most of their international interlocutors (to wit, the EU, the US administration - rather, Nancy Pelosi - who made clear that if the UK government intended to break the Good Friday Agreement - an international treaty deposited with the UN, - that they could go boil their heads if they thought Congress would agree a post-Brexit trade deal, she phrased it a bit more diplomatically than that, but that is what she meant - and the Irish government) heard the bit where they said (never subsequently denied) that they would break international law. Never mind the moronic qualification.
The idiot - sorry, individual - who let this slip (yes, it was in his talking points, speaking notes) does not appear to have been the sharpest tool in the cutlery drawer, and probably thought that he was being exceedingly subtle, and clever, by finessing things.
He wasn't, as he has shredded the government's international reputation; after all, if you boast that you are going to break international law (as a western democracy?) you lose credibility, moral authority and your word means next to nothing.
From a practical perspective, this means that it will be a lot harder for the UK to conclude trade agreements (and other agreements) post Brexit.
Start by just figuring it's not every day you get a government official standing up to say the government means to break a law, albeit "in a specific and very limited way."
Talk about transparency. That one was so [inadvertently?] put right out there they should have pasted some raptor silhouettes on it, on the odd chance a songbird might otherwise fly straight into it.
I meant less words, not more
If you had to summarize it by handwriting on one side of a cocktail napkin what would you write?
And this is not a good time to get into it.I never got into the game Fortnite.
Yes, the US frowns on that. I mean the saying it part. We just do it, especially if it involves explosives. We’ll even break our own laws if it means we get to use explosives.
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