I've always had that vague feeling in my guts that the Benn Surrender Act was seriously flawed - and I think I might have found out why.
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It's funny when something doesn't stack up properly for you and you get that constant nag in your mind that something isn't quite right and that you should therefore keep digging, isn't it?
Well, I've had that feeling about the so called Benn Surrender Act for some time now. So I kept digging and I think I've found the gaping hole.
If there are any qualified lawyers out there who can put me right on this, or put some meat on the bones that Boris Johnson can use, please do chip in.
One thing I have to ask though, is why do some people refer to this Benn Surrender Act as the Benn Dover Act - I'm trying to work out what a Kent town has to do with it.
Anyway, just to refresh peoples' minds, the Benn Surrender Act was voted through by parliament in order, it is claimed, to stop a no deal Brexit.
What it does, is forces Boris Johnson to send a letter to the EU Council against his will and against his own government policy, to extend the Article 50 process.
Now, what the Act does, by stipulating that the prime Minister sends the letter, is make Boris Johnson the UK representative for this exercise.
It is there in statute law, the PM, Boris Johnson, must send the letter so is our authorised representative by being both the head of government and having the force of this statutory law behind him.
Now, those that drafted and enacted this legislation, that is the ..
