The Official Brexit Supreme Court thread.

[vetran]

If you're going down that route of desperation...
Had Hitler's predecessors promised to close the borders, support the German health authority to the tune of £350 million a week and insist that Germany should only use German laws, then when they surprisingly won, all the pols who were pledging these promises and pledge to implement them turned tail and left, then started to say there would be no closed borders, no £350 million and no requirement to follow German law, then there would be a bigger similarity to Germany under the right wing fascists of the 1930s.

I would of thought Vichy France would be a better example of remainers, though to be fair the French did have Panzers on their lawn.

[darmstadt]

Out of interest, had Hitler just won a referendum that the minority losers were desperately trying to prevent being implemented?

I pointed out the other day that trying to prevent democracy will cause extremism. Now if the Remnants would play by the rules.

The Advocate General has played the A9 of the BoR card.

Hitler basically only got into power due to referendums...which is why they are no longer used in Germany anymore

[WTFH]

In short politicians are scrum.

And you have bought into Agile methodology a little bit too much.

[TheGreenBastard]

Hitler basically only got into power due to referendums...which is why they are no longer used in Germany anymore

Is that true? Nothing to do with the parliamentary elections that made him chancellor?

Saying Hitler gained power by "referendums" seems disingenuous - anything to undermine the result tho eh!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

[VectraMan]

Is that true? Nothing to do with the parliamentary elections that made him chancellor?

I thought there was only one referendum, and that was about refusing to comply with the Treaty of Versailles. They lost, even though 94% voted in favour (only 15% voted).

Wikipedia:

At Hitler's urging, Hindenburg responded with the Reichstag Fire Decree of 28 February, which suspended basic rights and allowed detention without trial. The decree was permitted under Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, which gave the president the power to take emergency measures to protect public safety and order.

Sounds a lot like Royal Prerogative.

To achieve full political control despite not having an absolute majority in parliament, Hitler's government brought the Ermächtigungsgesetz (Enabling Act) to a vote in the newly elected Reichstag. The Act—officially titled the Gesetz zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich ("Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich")—gave Hitler's cabinet the power to enact laws without the consent of the Reichstag for four years.

Bypassing Parliament is step 2.

These laws could (with certain exceptions) deviate from the constitution.[152] Since it would affect the constitution, the Enabling Act required a two-thirds majority to pass. Leaving nothing to chance, the Nazis used the provisions of the Reichstag Fire Decree to arrest all 81 Communist deputies ( and prevent several Social Democrats from attending.

Not quite there yet, but there are certainly some parallels with the "Enemies of the People" headlines. If opposition MPs really were going to try to defeat Brexit there'd be those calling for them to be locked up as traitors.

[vetran]

I love the smell of desperation in the morning..........

smells like............ remainers!

[NotAllThere]

I love the smell of desperation in the morning..........

smells like............ remainers!

No - that's the smell of Brexiters wetting themselves every time they think that the "will of the people" is begin thwarted. Even though it isn't and there are manifestly larger questions being resolved.

[GB9]

No - that's the smell of Brexiters wetting themselves every time they think that the "will of the people" is begin thwarted. Even though it isn't and there are manifestly larger questions being resolved.

We know, Remnants are acting for the good of the country and not on their own self interests.

And it was only the rich who voted to leave. Oops no, only the poor. Oh who cares. Only Remnants see the good of the country.

Ffs.

[vetran]

No - that's the smell of Brexiters wetting themselves every time they think that the "will of the people" is begin thwarted. Even though it isn't and there are manifestly larger questions being resolved.

Manifestly larger questions like who is going to pay the politicians pensions if we leave the EU?

No the rich remnants are trying to quash Brexit and have kicked over a hornets nest.

[NotAllThere]

We know, Remnants are acting for the good of the country and not on their own self interests. Only Remnants see the good of the country.

Correct. Well done! I wonder if we can train you to make a cup of tea?