I honestly hate my current government with all my heart.
Let this series of badly-thought-out bills be destroyed in the courts once the courts find that reality bats last.
There’s probably a clause in there that decrees Pi must be four from now on.
Let this series of badly-thought-out bills be destroyed in the courts once the courts find that reality bats last.
There’s probably a clause in there that decrees Pi must be four from now on.
How? I thought the UK courts can't override Acts of Parliament, because the courts are subordinate to it (unlike in the US).
This was absolutely an intended outcome for a lot of the figures responsible for the UK’s exit from the EU - European legislation/institutions were more or less the only real absolute check on the authoritarian tendencies of the British state, given the UK’s insane constitutional structures.
The desire to join such beacon of democracy as Russia in jeaving ECHR is heartwarming.
I am not so sure. The recent history of the elites in London, and the rampant corruption and incompetence in the Metropolitan police is, surely, wearing down the English people's trust?
What does it take?
I think the ornate Palace of Westminster gives the political class too much cover, and if they moved into a modernist structure it would be more fitting and reveal their brute disregard for anything virtuous.
Of course it has an authoritarian streak....
As it is the Scottish constitution is generally ignored, and folks more or less assume that the English one applies to the whole UK. If there was an attempt to properly codify the UK constitution, that incompatibility would have to be addressed, and that would open a can of worms.
Else companies will leave or simply ignore the legislation, e.g. Signal, and the law will quietly become impossible to enforce with a series of arbitrary decisions and fines taking place before the digital economy falls off a cliff.
The UK Courts aren't subordinate to Parliament and can tell the UK government to "go back and think again". For example, the move to export immigrants to Rwanda.
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/rwanda-policy-unlawful-unpacking-the-c...
The government are just playing nice and taking heed (or pretending to) of the declaration of incompatibility.
The courts can not force them to change their policy. The courts can not overturn primary legislation, not even the Supreme Court. They are basically just law experts and publish statements on what is lawful and what is not. Their power is derived from how much - or how little - the Government decides to act based on their rulings.
It’s important to remember the courts exist because of Acts of Parliament (some very recently, eg the Supreme Court was created in 2009). Moreover, they are governmental departments!
I’m sure Boris Johnson considered legislating them out of existence during his tenure but decided it was a bridge too far.
That's ... exactly the same as any other country in which the judiciary and executive are separate