Short Cuts
Andrew O’Hagan: The Article 50 Hearing, 5 January 2017
“... going anywhere near that one,’ Mr Eadie replied. By any standard, a divorce is not a change that may occur ‘from time to time’: it is at the very least a repeal, and when it comes to common law, a repeal, involving a withdrawal of rights, would normally require an Act of Parliament. Under the Bill of Rights, a royal prerogative to dispense with laws ... ”