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It’s an interesting one about this passing a law asserting a fact in these terms, because as Sunak said a few weeks ago when justifying his small time HS2 decision, “facts change”.

Parliament is supreme as are the laws that emanate from it as statute, but I wonder if such a law could be challenged via Judicial Review on the grounds of it being Wednesbury Unreasonable, as making such an assertion, that can plainly be subject to instant change, is (or can become) irrational. Repeal being available would presumably be a defence to such a claim, but that surely cannot be an overriding basis for defending such an approach given the timescales involved and the fact it would egregiously fetter the discretion of the courts at particular times.

Not thought this through massively but it seems to me that it is so contrary to established statutory principles that it must be subject to scrutiny by way of legal challenge.
 
I'm surprised there hasn't been more civil unrest, normally you would say that was a good thing but it just shows how pathetically apathetic us brits are.
Sweet moderation
Heart of this nation
Desert us not, we are
Between the wars
 
We'll be fine in the long run, we always seem to pull out of sticky situations, while the media use England in summer tournaments as a "beautiful distraction".

Hopefully Euro 2028 will sort our economy out, but only on the condition that Mickey Lynch and his RMT chums stop it with their during major events strikes.
They won't be on strike if they have been given decent terms and conditions. And half the workforce haven't been laid off
 
It’s an interesting one about this passing a law asserting a fact in these terms, because as Sunak said a few weeks ago when justifying his small time HS2 decision, “facts change”.

Parliament is supreme as are the laws that emanate from it as statute, but I wonder if such a law could be challenged via Judicial Review on the grounds of it being Wednesbury Unreasonable, as making such an assertion, that can plainly be subject to instant change, is (or can become) irrational. Repeal being available would presumably be a defence to such a claim, but that surely cannot be an overriding basis for defending such an approach given the timescales involved and the fact it would egregiously fetter the discretion of the courts at particular times.

Not thought this through massively but it seems to me that it is so contrary to established statutory principles that it must be subject to scrutiny by way of legal challenge.

If Parliament uses primary legislation to say Margaret Thatcher is still alive, as far as U.K. law is concerned, Margaret Thatcher is still alive.

Primary legislation is not amenable to judicial review no matter how irrational it may be. The sanction for passing batshit legislation is political, not judicial.
 
We'll be fine in the long run, we always seem to pull out of sticky situations, while the media use England in summer tournaments as a "beautiful distraction".

Hopefully Euro 2028 will sort our economy out, but only on the condition that Mickey Lynch and his RMT chums stop it with their during major events strikes.
Very poor wind up or the musings of an idiot
 

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