Johnson to repeal EU law in days

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BORIS Johnson is set to sign an act to repeal EU law in days and FINALLY free us from Brussels control.

Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has been ordered by the PM to sign a “commencement order” that will cement his “do or die” pledge to leave the bloc by October 31.


DO OR DIE Boris Johnson to make ‘totemic’ Brexit move and sign act repealing EU law in days as he FINALLY frees us from Brussels control

Alex Matthews
16 Aug 2019

BORIS Johnson is set to sign an act to repeal EU law in days and FINALLY free us from Brussels control.

Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has been ordered by the PM to sign a “commencement order” that will cement his “do or die” pledge to leave the bloc by October 31.

Boris Johnson faces a threat Tory rebels who want to bring down his government Credit: AFP or licensors

Brexiteers have claimed the move would be “totemic” and lay out Boris’ Brexit position in “black and white”, the Times reports.

The no nonsense approach by Johnson is in stark contrast to Theresa May who enraged Euroscpetic MPs by delaying Brexit as much as possible.

She refused to make the order by the original March 29 deadline and instead pushed it to Halloween.

Steve Baker, chair of European Research Group, said: “It is absolutely totemic. It shows a transformation in the approach, that Boris Johnson is willing to leave on a fixed date with no question of extension.

“It’s the do-or-die pledge in black and white. It’s not merely symbolic. Once it’s signed that’s it, the UK is leaving.”

MPs voted to repeal the European Communities Act of 1972, legislation that brought Britain in the EU, with a majority of 36 votes in September this year.

In doing so they pushed through the European Union Withdrawal Act 2018 - which will be put into effect when Barclay signs the commencement order.

This is legislation designed to bring into force the whole or part of an Act of Parliament which may have been previously delayed.

Boris' Brexit plan is said to have enraged Tory rebels, frustrated because they can't legally stop the order being signed.

Tory Remainer Dominic Grieve is set to challenge the order by reversing it retrospectively, Guido Fawkes reports.

Meanwhile Sajid Javid is in Berlin today for the UK government's first meetings with Berlin.

Finance minister Olaf Sholz tweeted: "Good meeting today with my new UK colleague @sajidjavid. We discussed #Brexit and future cooperation. The EU27 stands united and is ready for all scenarios. The best and only way for an orderly withdrawal is the negotiated #Brexitdeal."

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/politics/9734690/boris-set-to-sign-act-to-repeal-eu/
 

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Could Johnson take Britain out of the EU this month, thanks to the English Democrats party?


"Wow, It is being suggested by a senior Tory that @BorisJohnson @10DowningStreet is preparing to give a "consent order" to the High Court in relation to the @RobinTilbrook
case for leave. Evidently he can do this under "Crown Prerogative" as he is named as 1st respondent."

If you remember, after the first Article 50 extension, the chairman of the English Democrats, Robin Tilbrook, lodged a judicial review case with the Administrative Court arguing that the extension was unlawful.

And Theresa May's government lodged a defence to protect her decision.

What this news amounts to, is Boris Johnson pulling that government defence to the case Robin Tilbrook put into the courts in April this year.

This would mean that the government would be accepting that the first Article 50 extension was unlawfully obtained so that agreement to extend Article 50 beyond the 29th of march was null and void in domestic and international law.

The upshot would be, if this is true, that the UK left the EU on WTO terms - that is a no deal Brexit - on the 29th of March this year!

This would, as I understand it, become effective immediately Boris signed the relevant document and it was received by the court.

Now, I assume that there will be an instant court case launched by someone like Gina Miller to try and prove that Boris Johnson acted unlawfully himself by pulling the government defence to this case, but I doubt it would get very far.

Let's hope this is correct, as it would destroy any moves by Jeremy Corbyn, Jo Swinson, Ian Blackford or even Speaker Bercow, to try and stop Brexit - as it would already have happened.
 

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Brexit: Voters firmly reject Boris Johnson’s plan to crash out of EU with no deal, poll finds

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/worl...-out-of-eu-with-no-deal-poll-finds/ar-AAFWIrC

Polls, polls, polls. Of course, polls consistently showed Remain in the lead right up until the day of the referendum, and then Remain lost, so it shows just how inaccurate polls are nowadays.

Here's another one:

More people support suspending Parliament to push through no-deal Brexit than oppose it, poll shows


Jen Mills
Monday 12 Aug 2019
The Metro


The public seems to back Boris (Picture: Getty)

More than half the British public would support suspending Parliament to push through Brexit without a deal, a new poll shows.

The shock survey found 54% of people who expressed a view on the matter agree that the Prime Minister ‘needs to deliver Brexit by any means, including suspending Parliament if necessary, in order to prevent MPs from stopping it’.

A ComRes poll for The Telegraph asked 2,011 British adults what they thought about the latest political developments.

Many MPs have expressed outrage at the idea of ‘proroguing’ Parliament in order to avoid a no-deal scenario being halted by the Commons.

It seems the general public have fewer qualms about it, however.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/12/more...al-brexit-than-oppose-it-poll-shows-10560183/


Of course, if we leave the EU without a deal it won't be the fault of Boris Johnson and his government, although that's how the Remainstream media and the twittersphere would portray it. The fault would entirely lie with the Remainers. Three times Theresa May took a deal to the Commons and three times they - mainly Remainer MPs - REJECTED it. This is despite the fact that the EU told them time and time again that it is not willing to negotiate a new deal.

So a No Deal Brexit would be entirely the fault of the Remainers, not Boris and the Leavers.
 

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Brexit Begins: Stephen Barclay signs 'commencement order' formally starting the process that will take Britain out of the EU on October 31 whatever happens


Senior Brexiteers previously said the signing of the document was 'totemic'

Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay understood to have now signed the document

Signing of the order backs PM's pledge to leave EU on October 31 this year
Britain to tell France and Germany that it WILL leave the EU with or without a deal

By Joe Middleton For Mailonline
18 August 2019

Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has signed the 'commencement order' formally starting the process that will take Britain out of the EU on October 31.

Senior Tory Brexiteers previously said the signing of the document was 'totemic' and a 'do-or-die' pledge confirming the UK will be leaving the EU.

Theresa May had angered Brexiteers by refusing to sign the order and instead agreeing to delay Brexit until October 31.

But now Mr Barclay has signed the document, as reported by The Sunday Telegraph.

In a tweet posted today, he said: 'I have signed the legislation setting in stone the repeal of the European Communities Act 1972.

'This is a landmark moment in taking back control of our law. It underlines that we are leaving the EU on October 31.'


Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay posted a picture of him signing the legislation 'setting in stone the repeal of the European Communities Act 1972.'

The signing of the commencement order will repeal the European Communities Act of 1972, and bring the European Withdrawal Act into force.

The Withdrawal Act was already voted through in the Commons in September last year, but for it to come into effect a 'commencement order' needed to be signed by a minister.

Signing the 'commencement order' was described as 'not merely symobolic' by hard line Brexiteer Steve Baker.

He told The Times: 'It is absolutely totemic. It shows a transformation in the approach, that Boris Johnson is willing to leave on a fixed date with no question of extension. It's the do-or-die pledge in black and white. It's not merely symbolic.

'Once it's signed that's it, the UK is leaving. Theresa May did not bring the repeal of the European Communities Act on a fixed date because she was always willing to extend.'

It comes as Boris Johnson is due to meet Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron this week to talk about a new Brexit deal.

Mr Johnson will make clear to the French president and German chancellor that Britain will leave the European Union on October 31 with or without a deal.

The PM, who is heading to Berlin on Wednesday and Paris on Thursday, is expected to say that Parliament will not and cannot cancel the outcome of the EU referendum.

He will insist there must be a new deal to replace Theresa May's thrice-defeated Withdrawal Agreement if Britain is to leave with a settlement on October 31.


Boris Johnson is due to meet Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron this week to talk about a new Brexit deal


However, Number 10 said it expects there will be 'very little discussion' of Brexit during the visits, predicting that each side would state its position and then move on to other topics.

Instead, it is thought the discussions will revolve around next weekend's G7 agenda - with topics including foreign policy, security, trade and the environment likely to dominate.

Mr Johnson will meet world leaders at the summit in Biarritz, France, where he will seek to spread the message of the UK's 'renewed global reach'.

Details of the PM's travel plans emerged as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reiterated his call for MPs to work together to prevent a no-deal Brexit.

Mr Corbyn, who set out his plan to be installed as a caretaker prime minister last week to stop the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal, said his proposal is the 'most democratic way' to prevent a no-deal.

He told the Observer: 'My message to MPs across Parliament is simple and urgent: only by working together can we stop no-deal.

'Three years after the EU referendum, the country stands at a precipice. Boris Johnson has become Prime Minister without any popular mandate. He has no right to drive our country off a cliff and into the arms of Donald Trump with his no-deal fixation.

'The plan I set out this week is the simplest and most democratic way to stop no-deal. We have to seize the opportunity before it's too late, so the people, rather than an unelected Prime Minister, can decide our country's future.'

The Liberal Democrats and senior Tories have rejected his proposal, however it won the potential backing of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Tory MP Guto Bebb.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...Stephen-Barclay-signs-commencement-order.html
 

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PM is not merely a Johnson

WHY is this Prime Minister identified by just his first name? Nobody ever said, “Tony should never have invaded Iraq” or “David should have thought twice about that EU referendum.”

So why is he “Boris” even to his enemies?

Boris is the first PM since Maggie who is recognised by just his first name and that's because people actually like him Credit: AFP or licensors

When Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott was interviewed on Radio 4’s Today show, she dismissed Tory plans for another 20,000 extra police on the streets.

“Boris doesn’t quite explain how he will pay for it,” said Abbott. Her use of “Boris” provoked a furious response in The Guardian.

“The shadow cabinet is not showing sufficient animosity towards Boris Johnson,” the paper raged. “Not ‘the Prime Minister’, not ‘Johnson’, not ‘Mr Johnson’ but ‘BORIS’!”

Boris is the first PM since Maggie who can survive on just a first name – because he has an appeal that cuts across age, class and political affiliations. People actually like him.

That is why we are on this first-name basis – and why Boris is doing so well in the polls, the “Johnson bounce” as they would probably call it at The Guardian.

And it’s why Boris will win a landslide at the next General Election . . .  whatever they choose to call him.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9742989/tony-parsons-hong-kong-protests-freedom/
 

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PM is not merely a Johnson

WHY is this Prime Minister identified by just his first name? Nobody ever said, “Tony should never have invaded Iraq” or “David should have thought twice about that EU referendum.”

So why is he “Boris” even to his enemies?

Boris is the first PM since Maggie who is recognised by just his first name and that's because people actually like him Credit: AFP or licensors

When Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott was interviewed on Radio 4’s Today show, she dismissed Tory plans for another 20,000 extra police on the streets.

“Boris doesn’t quite explain how he will pay for it,” said Abbott. Her use of “Boris” provoked a furious response in The Guardian.

“The shadow cabinet is not showing sufficient animosity towards Boris Johnson,” the paper raged. “Not ‘the Prime Minister’, not ‘Johnson’, not ‘Mr Johnson’ but ‘BORIS’!”

Boris is the first PM since Maggie who can survive on just a first name – because he has an appeal that cuts across age, class and political affiliations. People actually like him.

That is why we are on this first-name basis – and why Boris is doing so well in the polls, the “Johnson bounce” as they would probably call it at The Guardian.

And it’s why Boris will win a landslide at the next General Election . . .  whatever they choose to call him.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9742989/tony-parsons-hong-kong-protests-freedom/


I think BoJo has a fifty-fifty chance of winning. It depends on how he handles things until Oct 31. He screws up once, he's toast.
 

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I think BoJo has a fifty-fifty chance of winning. It depends on how he handles things until Oct 31. He screws up once, he's toast.

It will be a battle between a government that has honoured the democratic will of the people and a party of anti-democratic, racist, terrorist-supporting Marxists that don't want to honour the democratic will of the people including millions of its own voters, which it will likely lose to the Tories.

And you actually think the latter have a chance of winning...


Boris will win in a landslide.
 

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It will be a battle between a government that has honoured the democratic will of the people and a party of anti-democratic, racist, terrorist-supporting Marxists that don't want to honour the democratic will of the people including millions of its own voters, which it will likely lose to the Tories.

And you actually think the latter have a chance of winning...


Boris will win in a landslide.


I actually don't know who will win, hence my fifty-fifty of BoJo winning.

That said, I don't believe you on just how 'popular' BoJo is. It's not like you have a reputation for amazing truth telling after all, and your extreme bias is almost gagging when it comes to BoJo.

Sadly, like a lot of countries these days, the leadership that's out there and possible for Britain isn't all that great to choose from at the moment.
 

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I'm caring less and less everyday about what the British do to themselves.
I once had high regard and exceptions........Now....Not so much.

Not sure the world can cope with TWO unpredictable leaders. Who would have thought that leaders like Kim and Putin would look stable .........in comparison.
 

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I once had high regard and exceptions........Now....Not so much.

Not sure the world can cope with TWO unpredictable leaders. Who would have thought that leaders like Kim and Putin would look stable .........in comparison.


I'm not sure that BoJo is unpredictable, outside of when it comes to Brexit anyway. That's all he cares about, that's his focus; Brexit. It would not shock or surprise me if after Britain is out, he'd suddenly leave office and let someone else lead the party.
 

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I'm not sure that BoJo is unpredictable, outside of when it comes to Brexit anyway. That's all he cares about, that's his focus; Brexit. It would not shock or surprise me if after Britain is out, he'd suddenly leave office and let someone else lead the party.
Well that is the issue of the day in Britain . It has consumed their politics for the last three years .
 

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I once had high regard and exceptions........Now....Not so much.
Not sure the world can cope with TWO unpredictable leaders. Who would have thought that leaders like Kim and Putin would look stable .........in comparison.

What's the world going to do about Boris? Is the UN going to become the first organisation since the Normans to successfully invade Britain and implement a regime change?
 

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I'm not sure that BoJo is unpredictable, outside of when it comes to Brexit anyway. That's all he cares about, that's his focus; Brexit. It would not shock or surprise me if after Britain is out, he'd suddenly leave office and let someone else lead the party.
You raise an interesting possibility. .......BOJO leaving the party after getting Britain out....... and letting someone else deal with the after effects. The changes that would have to be dealt with can be mind boggling.
 

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You raise an interesting possibility. .......BOJO leaving the party after getting Britain out....... and letting someone else deal with the after effects. The changes that would have to be dealt with can be mind boggling.
We shall henceforth refer to that sort of run-away-run-away cowardice as the "Cameron Effect".
 

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You raise an interesting possibility. .......BOJO leaving the party after getting Britain out....... and letting someone else deal with the after effects. The changes that would have to be dealt with can be mind boggling.

So after fulfilling his lifelong ambition to be PM he will hold the role for only a maximum of three months and then quit?