#Prorogation

Dr. Jonathan Malloy

JonathanMalloy

I'm not losing sleep over another opportunistic prorogation of the Parliament of Canada, but it's a reminder that we have no rules or even unwritten conventions for prorogation in Canada.

kady o'malley

kady

Oooh, prorogation! Not ITSELF a shocker UNLESS the PM is going to do it *now*, as opposed to waiting til just before the House was due back, which would be

Trevor Purdy

TrevorsIdeas

The media continues to do a disservice to Canadians by misinforming them of the nature of parliamentary procedures. Prorogation is not a "method of avoiding difficult circumstances." Its purpose is

Claudia Chender

ChenderMLA

As the recipient of the Premier’s latest round of unfounded insults, I thought I would offer a short thread. This was regarding the Friday prorogation—that’s right, the ceremony that ensures

Philippe Lagassé

PhilippeLagasse

The 2008 prorogation stirred an interesting academic debate: can a Governor General refuse a Prime Minister’s advice to prorogue? On the ‘no discretion’ to refuse, we had MacDonald and @JWJBowden,

Jacqui Budden

JacquiDelaney

Last night, without actually citing anything from the WE documents, CBC’s David Cochrane reported that those documents support Trudeau’s version of events. They do not. And it’s not just the

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

According to the @Telegraph "Boris Johnson has speeded up plans to curb the judiciary". We must not be fooled by claims that this is about restoring "the sovereignty of Parliament".

Jo Maugham

JolyonMaugham

Lots of chatter about Lord Faulks' forthcoming report on judicial review. It's fine to ask - and of course we do - questions about the proper limits to the judicial

Trevor Purdy

TrevorsIdeas

Thoughts on prorogation and committees:Was it political gamesmanship to shut down the WE committees? Probably. Was the opposition employing gamesmanship continuing the committees indefinitely without any evidence suggesting the corruption

Joanna Cherry QC

joannaccherry

Some follow up thoughts on a great piece by Andrew Tickell: How Scots have learned to love independence in 2020https://www.thenational.scot/news/18970919.scots-learned-2020-independence-feels-good/?ref=twtrec Andrew says; “Now, the idea o

Pascal Jacquemain 🇫🇷in🇬🇧 #the5million

jacquep

Leave won therefore anyone who tried to resist it is like those Republicans who tried to organise a coup against in Washington.Funny that, considering the same people who were behind

Oxford For Europe #RussiaBoughtBrexit #FBPE

OxfordStays

Braverman's lawyersFollowing the government's decision this week to legislate in violation of its international treaty obligation under the Withdrawal Agreement, the Guardian reported yesterday that a “three–page letter sent fro

Professor Lord Sir Dominic Cummings, PhD (dishons)

Eddystone506

1) Russia report concealed2) Brexit impact report concealed3) SAGE secrecy4) Excess deaths5) Darroch report6) Arcuri report7) Concessions on Chlorine Chicken in US trade deal8) Exam fiasco9) BJ's invisibility10) Lying to

Karam Bales

karamballes

In the last year we lost weeks of parliamentary time due to unlawful prorogation, lockdown and then had a blended approachWith a pandemic,brexit and now the russia report I propose

Constitution Unit

ConUnit_UCL

Unit Director and @UKandEU Senior Fellow Meg Russell is speaking this morning at the @ipsa_aisp #ipsadisrupt conference. The UK is famously a parliamentary democracy, but by late 2019 parliament was

David Coletto

DavidColetto

THREAD: On prorogation and public affairs strategyBetween now and the throne speech, the gov't will be working to frame the recovery. Is it big, bold change or focused, surgical reforms?This

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