[Brexit] Erskine May
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Background: It appears The Speaker has invoked the spirit of Erskine May in denying Theresa May her opportunity to have a 3rd neverendum of her own in the House of Commons:
Theresa May banned from another commons vote on same Brexit deal
Speaker tells MPs a further ‘meaningful vote’ will be ruled out of order if the motion is 'the same or substantially the same’
Which brings me to this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erskine_May&oldid=888366613
Thomas Erskine May, 1st Baron Farnborough, KCB, PC (8 February 1815 – 17 May 1886) was a British constitutional theorist. This derived from his career at the House of Commons.
Erskine May much like Lord Voldermort (Tom Riddle) concealed part of his soul into a book this was later found by the current Speaker of The House Commons John Bercow who upon opening the book was taken back to the past to observe both Theresa Mays twice failing 'Meaningful Votes' Bercow received the message and realised it was Theresa May all along who opened The Chamber of Lies, though this time it wasn't follow the spiders, it was follow democracy.
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@PJH So this was sort-of Meaningful Vote V: The Umpire Strikes Back.
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@dkf said in [Brexit] Erskine May:
@PJH So this was sort-of Meaningful Vote V: The Umpire Strikes Back.
More like Snow White and the Dwarf.
Mr Cameron went on to regale guests with an anecdote in which junior health minister Simon Burns’s driver reversed into the Speaker’s car in a Parliament courtyard.
The Prime Minister described how the diminutive Mr Bercow appeared and told Mr Burns: “I’m not happy!” To which Mr Burns replied: “Well, which one [of the seven dwarves] are you?”
