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A year ago, the idea that you could close every restaurant, café and pub in the capital without a Parliamentary vote or even a debate would have been unthinkable. Today we have allowed government by executive decree and it now seems normal. Covid lawmaking has corroded democracy

To explain: since March, the government has used the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984 to pass lockdown laws - over 60 (I have listed them here
https://t.co/5Z1p3gVjbX).


The lockdown laws have imposed stringent restrictions on movement, freedom of association, family life, religion etc. But each and every lockdown law passed has used the super emergency procedure which allows the government to pass them without a parliamentary vote for 28 days

The government did this for months before MPs revolted at which point it promised to put any major changes before parliament first. It has done this since the three tiers in mid-October.

BUT...

(1) The govt is still only giving parliament about 12 hours to consider laws and the vote is a simple yes or no

(2) Changes to tiered areas are not considered major changes so these don't go to a vote until 28 days later by which time it has usually changed.
I tend to agree with this - of course many things can still go wrong...but (certainly on the UK side) as the list of outstanding issues decreases and as the cost of no deal becomes more apparent deal momentum will increase.


I find it most amusing that people invest so much value in public statements, briefings, tabloid headlines, the tweets of obscure backbenchers etc. Cherchez les fundamentals!

There is a deep vein of analytical pessimism in one particular direction, which, whether correct or not, is noteworthy. On the one hand, a firm belief in the fundamentals - gravity exists - but on the other hand those fundamentals are not meaningful to the final decision.

But gravity does exist! Whether one likes it or not. We do not have wings. Or feathers. And the realisation of the fundamentals will impact the political calculation (though timing differences may apply).

You don’t have to invest any particular optimism or see any virtue in the principal players to make this point.
Electors in 7 States Cast Dueling Votes for Trump
“Democrats successfully executed the same gambit in Hawaii in 1960 by casting an alternative set of votes for John F. Kennedy after the state’s governor certified the electors for Richard

Pennsylvania Republicans Ask Supreme Court to Again Review Election Lawsuit
https://t.co/1VN1nSQyph

Armstrong Williams reads Undisclosed Memo Explaining How DJT Wins Presidency on January 6th! (303K Views in 24 hours)
https://t.co/LaAmK8TBIe
Start at 3:58

Facts Matter Epoch Times:
https://t.co/TMkQq77tCd
4:50 Start, Chinese “Fact” checkers!
8:29 Wisconson
15:21 Dueling electors
Sky News EXCLUSIVE: Facebook’s ‘independent’ fact-checking certifier exposed as Hillary Clinton

CONTACT YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS and demand they join this suit:
https://t.co/YrB7WTkSqq
CONTACT INFO FOR BATTLEGROUND STATES:
https://t.co/h69jwihG1O
CONTACT AG’s by

Pennsylvania ‘Flagrantly Violated’ Laws Ahead of Election: Ken
I have been telling you for some time, there is an indelible relationship between the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Donald Trump. Maybe think of it this way. JFK was the beginning of the sentence and DJT will be the end of the sentence, with many paragraphs to follow...


...written however by the American people rather than a criminal, nameless, faceless cabal.

We are fortunate to be witnessing the beginning of the ending of the control of earth by a relatively small set of families, crowned heads and others, who have been determining the world's path for literally centuries.

These are the families who ran and controlled the British, French, Spanish, Dutch, and more recent, German empires. Their wealth is all stolen and is practically incomprehensible.

They have been controlling the nations, using their wealth, but also, most importantly, their ability to create the currencies of the nations and use it for their own private purposes, which do not include the welfare of the peoples of the world, who they despise.
DJT Rockets Dig

BREAKING NEWS / DEVELOPING

Thread of threads, Decodes, Notables and Historical Considerations: A summary.
https://t.co/cA8uw2x3jm


¨ Yes, Mr. President,
This attack had the hallmarks of #Iran & its militias all over it.
This thread provides some info for those interested. ¨
--@HeshmatAlavi [click in]
https://t.co/43i7fKsUxb


A Militia you say?
Looks like Obama sold Iran those Rockets

look at the date
https://t.co/ePAUUjSBgt


Coincidence?
Countdown decode

3 missiles from Trump
107 & 18 on 3 missiles
Boom
Boom
Boom
3 shots fired > JFK @ 12:30
123 > 321 full circle.
3 missiles from Trump
2 Flags from General Flynn
1 finger from Scavino/POTUS.
Some kind of countdown. @VDarknessF
https://t.co/jritEb2fDx


Lest we forget the post decode numbers!
Lets take a look.

Q 2903 26-Feb-2019 1:49:44 PM HST Q !!mG7VJxZNCI

It's going to be HISTORIC!
Planned long ago.
[-21]
Within the next 21 days BIG BIG BIG HAPPENINGS are going to take place.
Q
https://t.co/G5cwfKeTey --@JustJoszie
Irish foreign min Simon Coveney says he is "more optimistic" about progress in the EU UK Joint Committee over implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol.

2/ Last night @rtenews reported that if a free trade deal were to be concluded, a sequence would be put in place at the end of which the UK would drop the clauses in the Internal Market Bill which breach the Protocol.

3/ This morning, the EU’s representative on the Joint Committee, which implements the Protocol, said he would be meeting his counterpart Michael Gove in Brussels today.


4/ Mr Coveney said: “There is more cause to be optimistic and positive in the context of the Joint Committee and its work in terms of implementing the Withdrawal Agreement and the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland.

5/ “Maros Sefcovic and Michael Gove have made really practical progress on many of the outstanding issues that were not resolved up until a few weeks ago.
Texas is disputing US election results in 4 swing states: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin & Georgia

Under Article III, US Supreme Court settles disputes between 2 or more states

Due to safe harbour, Trump’s remaining legal routes are narrow after

Brief analysis:
The Texas case is about the contested swing states’ executive & judicial branches VS their legislatures, on mail-in ballot rules

On Tuesday before safe harbour, SCOTUS rejected a similar lawsuit brought by Republican Rep. Mike Kelly

But a 3rd & eerily similar case has been with Justice Alito (as circuit judge for PA) & the Supreme Court since before the election. It’s about this very same executive & judiciary VS legislature dispute. That case, PA Republican Party vs Boockvar, may be decided in time, or not


The below is also worth noting:


There is also the issue of ‘safe harbour’ being said to only be “procedural”. This view rests on a reading of the Bush v Gore Supreme Court ruling.