Tonight, I tried to remind the majority of Lords declaring they will do whatever is necessary to remove part 5 from the #InternalMarketBill, that this was an affront to democracy... (1/5)
I pointed out that the majority in the unelected Lords seem happy to give preference to binding sovereignty of an international treaty over honouring democratic sovereighty at home... (2/5)
Guess what, a debate which was presented to be about international law was really a struggle at the heart of Brexit... (3/5)
It always comes back to this key question: who rules in a democracy, and where does sovereignty lie?... (4/5)
A nation that must adhere to treaties that it cannot democratically change or reject is not a free nation. (5/5)
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