There’s no such thing as international law. Discuss.

There’s a good argument that international law isn’t really law at all; there’s no sanction for breaching international ‘law’.

This was what made EU law so special. The concepts of ‘direct effect’ and the supremacy of EU law created enforceable rights and obligations.

You may not realise it but you will miss it when it is gone. The ability to sue your own Government because it wanted to ignore EU law was unique and a valuable right.

By saying that the UK Government is willing to breach its international obligations, this should highlight that the real losers are you and I. We have no remedy, no enforceable rights or means of enforcement.

It’s true that ‘we’ have more ‘sovereignty’ in the limited sense that Parliament can do as it will. However, your remedy against overbearing Government is limited to a ballot every 4 years.

When only 44% of the vote gets you a landslide majority, allowing unlimited power to the Government of the day, this may not be as good as it sounds.

With an uncodified constitution, our rights are limited. We may have tried writing things down in 1215 with Magna Carta but our rights depend almost entirely on what Parliament allows us.

So, there may be no real international law to break but that should cause you and I to pause. It’s time to ask some big questions about our rights against our Government because if they can breach international law on a whim, then...