Brexit: Parties gear up for European elections
22 Mar 2019
BBC News – Political parties in Wales are preparing for European elections as Brexit uncertainty continues.
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Brexit: Does the UK need to hold European elections?
18 Mar 2019
BBC News – If the UK was to request, or be offered, a lengthy extension of its membership of the European Union (EU), would there be an obligation to take part in May’s European elections?
Read moreThese three peers should not be allowed to stand in the way of democracy
17 Mar 2019
Electoral Reform Society: In a week dominated by Brexit, it’s easy to forget that there are other topics still on the political agenda. While our MPs once again grapple over just what kind of Brexit would ‘take back control’, there’s unelected power closer to home that deserves our attention.
Read moreBrexit: Date of Exit – Private Notice Question in the Lords
15 Mar 2019
TheyWorkForYou: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the resolutions of the House of Commons to reject both the negotiated withdrawal agreement titled Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and leaving the European Union without a negotiated withdrawal agreement, what steps they […]
Read moreWelsh Tory MPs fear general election after Brexit deal loss
14 Mar 2019
BBC News: Welsh Tory MPs have said Theresa May’s repeated failure to get her Brexit deal through Parliament could lead to a general election.
Read moreUK officials working on contingency planning for European elections
14 Mar 2019
The Guardian: Election regulators are actively making contingency plans for the possibility of taking part in European elections in May if Brexit is delayed beyond that point, it has emerged.
Read moreBrexit: SNP to ask for indyref powers over Brexit
11 Mar 2019
BBC News – The SNP will ask for the power to hold an independence referendum if the UK leaves the EU.
Read moreArticle 50 cannot extend Brexit beyond the end of May unless the UK takes pasrt in the June EU elections
5 Mar 2019
Independent – Article 50 extension to June illegal unless UK takes part in MEP elections at end of May, German parliament told
Read moreBrexit – Motion for second referendum
25 Feb 2019
Independent – Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable has said his party will next week make a fresh drive to give MPs the chance to back a second Brexit referendum.
Read moreA mathematical view of the will of the people
21 Feb 2019
Democratic Audit – Mathematician Bernhard von Stengel uses game theory to consider how a second Brexit referendum with more than two choices could be run, and how the counting-rule chosen for any multiple-choice ballot can determine the outcome.
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