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It's the opposite, the UK as a member of the EU always had control of its laws, money and borders - that it did not was a fiction.
I disagree with this part of Dammit's argument. The UK didn't have effective control of EU Directives being implemented in UK law. These automatically became law. Judges had to interpret in their favour. Denning's dissenting opinion quoted above asserted Parliament's authority but this (to my knowledge) was never exercised. My key point is that to understand the impact of EU law it's necessary to look at the arguments about its implementation. In my view this was never entirely settled. To summarise, I disagree with always above.
I also disagree with the argument that because the UK was a member of the EU then EU law was almost UK law. EU directives are drafted by the Commission and approved by the Parliament and Council. The UK had 73 MEPs in a parliament of 751.
You are of course free to disagree, but you're clearly and demonstrably wrong.
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It's the opposite, the UK as a member of the EU always had control of its laws, money and borders - that it did not was a fiction.
I disagree with this part of Dammit's argument. The UK didn't have effective control of EU Directives being implemented in UK law. These automatically became law. Judges had to interpret in their favour. Denning's dissenting opinion quoted above asserted Parliament's authority but this (to my knowledge) was never exercised. My key point is that to understand the impact of EU law it's necessary to look at the arguments about its implementation. In my view this was never entirely settled. To summarise, I disagree with always above.
I also disagree with the argument that because the UK was a member of the EU then EU law was almost UK law. EU directives are drafted by the Commission and approved by the Parliament and Council. The UK had 73 MEPs in a parliament of 751.