EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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Greenbank in reply to @Fox

When the legal advice was published yesterday Lord Keen of Elie claimed for the government that "The release of this advice does not set a precedent for any future release of Law Officers' advice." That's clearly not the case IMO but IANAConstitutionalL.

The Government was found in comtempt because they'd agreed, in an unopposed motion in Parliament, to release the full legal advice after the Withdrawal Agreement had been reached and before the MPs get to vote on the WA.

See the letter to the speaker from Starmer et al:-

https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1069652504542105601

It's not about releasing all Law Officers' advice, just the bits they said they would.

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Fox in reply to @Greenbank

Thanks, strangely I didn't see anything mentioning it was unopposed originally.

There have still been a lot of MPs making a fuss about it being released though, including Tory MPs basically telling Starmer "You'll regret this if you ever get to be Attorney General".

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