And what happens when the US withdraws from NATO, which is probably about a 40-60 shot at the moment? As long as Ukraine wants to continue the war, we need to support them as much as possible, and en… (View Post)

In political terms though, Joe Public would have forgiven Johnson had his *only* offence been cakegate. Although that's what he was fined for, it was a pretty marginal transgression of the rules. By … (View Post)

As it could, if it so wanted. See acts of attainder (not wholly a matter of ancient history - the WW2 cabinet considered using such an Act against leading Nazis as an alternative to post-war trials). (View Post)

The real issue ought to be the government not allowing parliament to do its job properly - giving time and space for effective scrutiny of legislation, and opportunity to amend it. Obviously, we know… (View Post)

To be fair to Goodall, I don't think that's what he is saying. He's saying that parliament sometimes passes contradictory legislation and that when it does, it's down to the courts to decide which to… (View Post)