interesting point....but we all know that Bill, while entertaining and very good company, on this matter is raving mad....
May 26, 2006 at 12:11 AM
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This one was posted, unposted and then eventually posted again -- the silence money didn't arrive before midnight?
May 26, 2006 at 1:26 AM
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Bill Cash is a total nutjob. I don't think I've ever watched a speech by him in Parliament that didn't refer to either the European Communities Act or the Human Rights Act, and his quest to repeal both. The man is obsessed.
Vote taken on the 16th May. According to my MP the Abolition of Parliament (Legislative and Regulatory reform)Bill has been (Allegedly) amended to allow fast track deregulation only.
Unfortunately, according to the Parliament Publications site, no such amendments have been tabled. Is this just a case of poor web site management, or as they say in the USA, a 'snow job'?
With so much sex and corruption in Westminster at the moment, maybe the Tories thought it was a good opportunity to leak some policies, while no-one was watching.
By the time the competition notice, it will be too late.
Bill Cash is not a nutjob. He is highly intelligent and very keen not to let the EU take over the UK governance by stealth.
May 26, 2006 at 12:15 PM
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Also, given that the primacy of European Law has been established by the Court of Justice in Luxemburg, the purpose of the amendement would not have been achieved if all MP's had voted for it. The only way to end the primacy of European law over British law would be for Britain to leave the Union.
"on matters EU-related, no-one has a clue what's going on"
You think that's by chance?
May 27, 2006 at 12:16 PM
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Perhaps Mr Cash was simply stirring the poo to see what sort of reaction he would get. He strikes me as the kind of chap who enjoys causing a bit of mischief, even if he is a bit obssessed sometimes.
Methinks, in his own way, he was trying to demonstrate to the inmates of the Westminster Home for the Mentally Challenged some of the implications of yet another ill-concieved, poorly drafted and under-scrutinised piece of legislation.
I know taunting the intellectually challenged is considered cruel nowadays, but perhaps we should give Mr Cash a little leeway; if only because his antics provide the rest of us with such amusement.
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It would be very strange that nobody noticed that.
interesting point....but we all know that Bill, while entertaining and very good company, on this matter is raving mad....
This one was posted, unposted and then eventually posted again -- the silence money didn't arrive before midnight?
Bill Cash is a total nutjob. I don't think I've ever watched a speech by him in Parliament that didn't refer to either the European Communities Act or the Human Rights Act, and his quest to repeal both. The man is obsessed.
Vote taken on the 16th May. According to my MP the Abolition of Parliament (Legislative and Regulatory reform)Bill has been (Allegedly) amended to allow fast track deregulation only.
Unfortunately, according to the Parliament Publications site, no such amendments have been tabled. Is this just a case of poor web site management, or as they say in the USA, a 'snow job'?
Regards
Bill
With so much sex and corruption in Westminster at the moment, maybe the Tories thought it was a good opportunity to leak some policies, while no-one was watching.
By the time the competition notice, it will be too late.
Does he mean the "doctrine of implied repeal"?
I certainly didn't notice anything and I hang out in dark blogospheric smoke filled rooms full of people that should have noticed.
The PublicWhip website confirms Bill Cash's letter:
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill — New Clause "17" — Disapplication of European Communities Act 1972 — 16 May 2006 at 20:45 — Commons Division No. 239
128 Conservatives voted for the amendment, with 68 absent.
Whether most of the herds of lobby fodder who voted, actually understood exactly what they were voting for or against, seems unlikely.
The actual debates on this wretched "Abolition of Parliament" Bill
were shockingly poorly attended.
See the "live blogging" of the "debate":
2nd day of the HoC Report Stage of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
Bill Cash is not a nutjob. He is highly intelligent and very keen not to let the EU take over the UK governance by stealth.
Also, given that the primacy of European Law has been established by the Court of Justice in Luxemburg, the purpose of the amendement would not have been achieved if all MP's had voted for it.
The only way to end the primacy of European law over British law would be for Britain to leave the Union.
Confusing...
but, as ever on matters EU-related, no-one has a clue what's going on.
"on matters EU-related, no-one has a clue what's going on"
You think that's by chance?
Perhaps Mr Cash was simply stirring the poo to see what sort of reaction he would get. He strikes me as the kind of chap who enjoys causing a bit of mischief, even if he is a bit obssessed sometimes.
Methinks, in his own way, he was trying to demonstrate to the inmates of the Westminster Home for the Mentally Challenged some of the implications of yet another ill-concieved, poorly drafted and under-scrutinised piece of legislation.
I know taunting the intellectually challenged is considered cruel nowadays, but perhaps we should give Mr Cash a little leeway; if only because his antics provide the rest of us with such amusement.
RM