Gee, I wonder what lesson May and the rest of the Tories will learn from an overwhelming victory on the back of a nationalist platform. Were I a liberal Tory, I'd want May to win, but by the smallest margin possible. That might even lead to an internal "coup."
Hope is the denial of reality
Tories promised to cut immigration to levels that can only be reached by severely restricting immigration from outside the EU through this kind of measure. You can't pin it solely on May. This is what British voters wanted from the Tories and it's what you helped give them.
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Yeah because Cameron wasn't responding to public opinion
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
This is why it's nice to have some constitutional protections for minority rights that can't be taken away by a short-term majority. You know, the kind of thing the EU helped with.
Hope is the denial of reality
No, you really do not.
Hope is the denial of reality
"First past the post". Isn't that the same kind of bullshit which brought Trump into power?
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
Seriously? A power just granted to the court, and one that could be taken away?
Hope is the denial of reality
This reminds me of the Greeks telling the Romans of their greatness.
Congratulations America
I don't know what untested hodgepodge you're referring to but the UK doesn't really have anything resembling the kind of judicial review you see in the US. The case about invoking article 50 is a good example of the limited judicial review you have in English law beyond issues that may arise from conflicts with EU laws: a court may rule on the legality of a decision wrt the procedure by which that decision was made.
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
The untested hodgepodge is relying upon the EU instead of ourselves when in living memory many of that nations in the EU have been dictatorships and when push comes to shove predecessor organisations like the League of Nations did nothing to prevent conflicts and abuse.
As for our system, yes exactly, it works.
Regardless, once you leave the EU there will be no meaningful level of judicial review of primary legislation.
On an unrelated topic, I'm glad the world has progressed to a point where you Brits are no longer able to just go around stealing everyone's stuff
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Unreliable third party actors like your own courts?
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Definitely in GGT mode. Apparently checks and balances now means one institution checking its own power.
Let's say the Tories decide they want to ban women from voting. They pass primary legislation which defines a voter as being male. Tell me where the checks and balances kick in.
Hope is the denial of reality
The first thing that happens is that House of Lords sends the bill back with alterations which amount to 'omg no', what happens after that depends on the specific situation - the composition of parliament, support for such a move amongst the public.
When the sky above us fell
We descended into hell
Into kingdom come