30 March 2017 Week in Brief: UK Westminster ARTICLE 50: Britain has served notice under article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, beginning the two year countdown to its exit from the EU. LABOUR: Shadow Brexit secretary Kier Starmer has set out six conditions which his party will require if they are to back the… Continue reading Issue 98: 2017 03 30: Week in Brief: UK
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Issue 97: 2017 03 23: Week In Brief UK
23 March 2017 Week In Brief: UK NEWS Westminster TERRORIST ATTACK: Four people, including a police officer, are dead and about another 20 injured after a car drove into people on Westminster Bridge and an officer was attacked with a knife. The police are treating it as an act of terrorism. Proceedings in the Scottish… Continue reading Issue 97: 2017 03 23: Week In Brief UK
Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Week in Brief: UK
16 March 2017 Week in Brief: UK BREXIT: Lord Heseltine has been removed as an adviser to Theresa May’s government after he voted in favour of an amendment to the bill which will trigger article 50; the amendment would necessitate the terms of disengagement from the EU to be approved by parliament. The amendment was… Continue reading Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Ms Sturgeon’s Demands (John Watson)
16 March 2017 Ms Sturgeon’s Demands Why the SNP should be seen off. By John Watson It is a jack-in-a-box time of year. No sooner had the Government obtained the authority of both Houses of Parliament to begin the Brexit procedures by serving notice under Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, than up pops… Continue reading Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Ms Sturgeon’s Demands (John Watson)
Issue 95: 2017 03 09: Week in Brief: UK
09 March 2017 Week in Brief: UK BHS: Sir Philip Green has agreed to pay £363 million into the BHS pension scheme. Commentators have said that the payment was made in an attempt to salvage his reputation and to ensure that he would keep his knighthood. BREXIT: The Government suffered a defeat in the House… Continue reading Issue 95: 2017 03 09: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 91: 2017 02 09: Week in Brief: UK
09 February 2017 Week in Brief: UK POLICE SURVEILLANCE: The Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which supervises police surveillance activities, has found that Cleveland Police broke the law when carrying out investigations under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. The force had monitored a police officer who was suing it over racism and also monitored the phones… Continue reading Issue 91: 2017 02 09: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief: UK
02 February 2017 Week in Brief: UK BREXIT: The Supreme Court has handed down its judgement and has held that the Prime Minister, Theresa May, cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by exercise of the Royal Prerogative. It must be done by statute, namely an Act of Parliament passed by the House of… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Leading Trumps (John Watson)
02 February 2017 Leading Trumps Britain’s interests from a post imperial standpoint. By John Watson It really is very difficult to understand what is going on. The debate here over whether or not Parliamentary authority was needed before the Prime Minister could issue a notice under article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon was bad… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Leading Trumps (John Watson)
Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Week in Brief: UK
26 January 2017 Week in Brief: UK BREXIT: The Supreme Court ruled that Article 50 cannot be triggered without the consent of parliament, dismissing the government’s appeal against the earlier High Court judgement. TORTURE: A Libyan political dissident claims that the SIS (MI6) colluded with the CIA to detain him and send him to Libya… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Week in Brief: UK
08 December 2016 Week in Brief: UK Courts SUPREME COURT: The Government’s appeal to the Supreme Court, against the High Court decision that Parliamentary approval is required before notice is given to leave the EU under article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, began on Monday. The case turns on whether the supremacy of Parliament… Continue reading Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 82: 2016 12 01: Renewing the EU (John Watson)
01 December 2016 Renewing the EU Is Mr Verhofstadt beginning the thinking? By John Watson Just suddenly, between the gathering crowds, a shaft of light. Some will think that Guy Verhofstadt’s suggestion that British Nationals should be able to belong to the EU by paying an individual subscription, much like belonging to a club I… Continue reading Issue 82: 2016 12 01: Renewing the EU (John Watson)
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Why 2016? (John Watson)
17 November 2016 Why 2016? What has triggered the “interesting times”? By John Watson Some children want to become engine drivers. Others want to become political pollsters. But those inclining to the latter career have traditionally been put off it by their parents. You need to be good at maths, for one thing. You need… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Why 2016? (John Watson)
Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Week in Brief: UK
10 November 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT VOTE: The Government is to appeal against the High Court’s ruling that giving notice to leave the EU under Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon requires an Act of Parliament. The Attorney General’s argument that, because the action was under an international treaty it could… Continue reading Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Week in Brief: UK
