andrewducker | Interesting Links for 14-03-2019

I linked to something by Jesse Singal. I won't be doing that again.: (tags:fraud transgender lgbt OhForFucksSake )
Online activists are silencing us, scientists say: (tags:research abuse )
Six positive ways drones are used: (tags:drone Technology )
The EU Is Telling European Leaders There Are Only Three Reasons They Should Allow Brexit To Be Delayed: (tags:UK europe viaDanielDWilliam )
Suicide , austerity and the Troubles: (tags:suicide austerity history NorthernIreland )
Dwarf Fortress coming to Steam {and itch.io) - with updates graphics: (tags:games )
Labour abandons support for referendum on Theresa May's deal: (tags:UK europe labour doom )
An old rule means Bercow could take drastic action on Brexit | Politics News | Sky News: (tags:UK europe politics parliament )
May loses a vote against herself in a crazed night of parliamentary drama: (tags:politics uk )
UK to phase out gas heating in new homes by 2025: Electricity is about five times the cost of gas, so that's going to be painful for some.
(tags:gas heating uk globalwarming )

This story is pretty much already overtaken by events. Bercow has cannily called an amendment to be voted on (in an hour or two) that would rule out having Theresa May's deal brought back to the House. I'm sure he'll treat that vote as expressing the will of the House on the matter: if the amendment is passed, he won't accept it being put again, and if the amendment is voted down, he will accept it, should the Government bring it forward.

But for this, that amendment looks like a slightly odd choice to call in this debate, so I strongly suspect he picked it precisely so he wouldn't have to make an independent ruling, which would be massively unpopular with whichever side he didn't come down on.

As I've said elsewhere, with conventions being burned with abandon all over the place (including by Bercow!), it's slightly reassuring to see clever manoeuvring to stay within the lines.

It was withdrawn and not voted on, though - presumably because the amendment to allow parliament to take control of the timetable also failed.

Interesting Links for 14-03-2019

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