Interesting Links for 19-10-2021

[andrewducker]

Lord Chancellor, there is already a mechanism for the law to be changed: it is called Parliament

(tags:law uk fascism )

Dolphins living off coast of Wales have developed own 'Welsh accent'

(tags:wales dolphins )

No more Nigels, any more

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Inadequate government grant plan will pay to replace just 1 in every 250 boilers

(tags:UK heating )

Parents/Teachers given examples of children with ADHD will treat girls much worse.

(tags:gender misogyny psychology adhd OhForFucksSake ViaDrCross )

Why medieval people didn't wash their hair, and how it stayed clean

(tags:hair history video )

Comments

[calimac]

Either a bill is introduced into Parliament or it isn't, so given what Raab is reported as having said, any concern on that lines seems imaginary. Maybe he means without going through all the normal stages of reading and committee, but that already is bypassed for a lot of legislation. Maybe he means a change in the process by which the Government decides what legislation it introduces, but that has nothing to do with Parliamentary passage.

[andrewducker]

Exactly. None of that sounds new. The fact that he is talking about a whole new process is the worrying bit!

[calimac]

It's not impossible to devise a new way of doing these things. It wouldn't be any more alarming than the old ways.

Or maybe he's just ignorant of what has been done in the past. That wouldn't be surprising in a Tory, even one who thinks he's the Lord Chancellor.

[andrewducker]

I think you underestimate the damage that can be done to the UK's constitution by people who don't care about Rule of Law and have an 80 seat majority.

[dewline]

Yeah, that reads as Absolutely Terrifying.

All in service to securing the Laundromat income.

[calimac]

As I've said from the beginning, I don't see anything in the statement implying that he's going to violate the Rule of Law. That's only a reasonable interpretation if you ignore the part where it's said he's looking to "allow the Government to introduce ad hoc legislation". Which the author of the article did ignore. This is a purely imaginary fuss, up and until something that actually would violate the Rule of Law is suggested.