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Crisis? What crisis? – The only 12 comments you need to read on the Government’s “Contempt of Parliament”

Next week, Parliament will vote on whether to accept Theresa May’s negotiated Brexit deal or – well, nobody really knows how that sentence ends. As part of the debate, the Government is supposed to have released the legal advice it was given regarding the deal – but it hasn’t.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

When they followed through on their threat, all six opposition parties joined together to write a letter to the Speaker to ask him to investigate whether the Government is in contempt of Parliament.


These 12 comments express the general view extremely well.
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One Twitter user considered one of the repercussions:

Is it considered crass to get the popcorn out as democracy crumbles?