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"It's the end of democracy" - Dominic Grieve
09/07/2019
Dominic Grieve says suspending Parliament to force through a no deal Brexit against the wishes of MPs would be "the end of parliamentary democracy" and "should be denounced".
"People have been thoroughly misled, over a long period of time, by a form of propaganda that believes the EU is evil" Conservative MP Dominic Grieve says many people calling for a "catastrophic" no-deal #Brexit have been led to believe "mad fantasies"
A single vote passes Dominic Grieve amendment that makes forcing through no-deal Brexit more difficult
10/07/2019
The plan requires the Government to give fortnightly updates on power-sharing which makes it difficult to suspend Parliament.
Cross-party move likely to be put forward as amendment to EU withdrawal bill.
Boris Johnson blocked release of Russia report against advice of intelligence agencies, Dominic Grieve says
06/11/2019
‘This must not be allowed to happen again,’ committee chair says as parliament dissolves.
Boris Johnson faces ‘gravest constitutional crisis since Charles I’ if he defies confidence vote
07/08/2019
Boris Johnson has been warned he could trigger the “gravest” constitutional crisis since Charles I if he refused to resign after losing a vote of no confidence, as a prominent businesswoman threatened a judicial review.
Boris Johnson to fast-track plans to curb legal challenges ‘in revenge for Brexit defeats’
15/01/2020
No 10 to target judicial reviews brought ‘for political motives’ to ‘restore trust’ – but a leading critic fears ‘a monstrous attack on the courts’.
Boris Johnson ‘to curb legal challenges over Brexit’ in extraordinary attack on the courts
25/11/2019
Prime minister intends to ‘change the scope of the royal prerogative and become a dictator’ campaigner Gina Miller suggests.
Brexit rancour and Boris Johnson’s plan to rip up Northern Ireland deal spell trouble for UK legal industry
29/07/2021
We need permission from France, Germany et al to rejoin an international treaty or risk hamstringing a large part of Britain’s legal services industry.
Brexit Republic - Ep. 7
06/09/2018
Strong headwinds facing UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Chequers Brexit plan. / Michel Barnier doesn't like it much, Brexiteers don't like it at all, but Theresa May still insistent that Chequers is the best plan. / This week, we look at the political to-ing and fro-ing in the UK and get the views of Conservative MP and former UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve.
Lord Neuberger condemns internal market bill for exempting some of its powers from legal challenge
Emails sent by Paul Ritchie included references to murdered politician Jo Cox.
You May Not Aspire to Embiggenment! Leave disinfo tactics, that damp squib Grieve Rebellion, and our People's Vote March hangover.
Johnson’s chief of staff lied to media about drafting of Benn act, Grieve says at PMQs.
PM’s chief advisor accused by Tory insiders of creating ‘mayhem in government’.
Dominic Grieve - Dominic Cummings is "simply wrong" about Parliament being able to stop a #NoDealBrexit on October the 31st.
Dominic Grieve reveals he received death threat on way to Conservative Party Conference [6 mins]
29/09/2019
A former Tory MP has revealed that he received a death threat while travelling to the Conservative Party Conference.
Dominic Grieve says 'pathological liar' Boris Johnson's comments on MP death threats are 'terrifying' [1 min]
26/09/2019
"What he was saying was, ‘You do as I say and you won’t be subject to death threats'"
The former Attorney General said he was afraid of 'further deceit that is slowly swallowing up the democracy of this country'. / Tory MP Dominic Grieve has said he would vote against his own Government in a motion of no confidence if it tried to bring about a no-deal Brexit.
"I think leaving the EU is a really bad idea and I think the country is going to suffer the consequences of it for a long time to come, and I don't think our children and grandchildren are going to thank us for what we're doing."
Insisting that all will somehow be well if Brexit goes through now is an abdication of responsibility.
Tory MP accuses Boris Johnson of demagoguery adding it was not unexpected ‘given his track record’. / Dominic Grieve has accused Boris Johnson of “behaving like a demagogue” and said the UK prime minister’s rhetoric has led directly to him receiving death threats.