This evening, MPs have voted for an amendment to the Finance Bill which effectively allows Parliament to veto government expenditure aimed at coping with the effects of a 'No-Deal Brexit'. To me this seems like an abuse of both power and the system.
Parliament passed the 'Article 50' Bill some 2 years ago; this Bill, which then became a legally effective Act, preceded the EU Withdrawal Act which provided for the UK to leave the European Union on 29th March 2019. The Act contained no provisos regarding the completion of a deal of any sort with the EU and effectively gave power to the government to do whatever was necessary in pursuit of the principal objective; that must include expending resources on making provision for the possibility of there being no agreement between the UK and EU. In other words, the government has already been given the authority to spend whatever it deems necessary for whatever ends it foresees.
For MPs to now try to withdraw this consent seems iniquitous. It is clearly a move designed to frustrate Brexit and to cause as much difficulty for the government as possible, rather than doing what they should and support the government in complying with the clear Will of the people.
Our representatives ? What a joke !
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