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Gina Miller, the lead claimant in the successful legal fight for a parliamentary vote on Article 50, looks at Tory policy in relation to their deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (in form of 
the £1billion “bung” for Northern Ireland).

Miller release to a
pre-action protocol

(PAP) that the
Independent Workers Union of Great Britain

has set forth to the government to test whether the laws were
adhered to in respect of the Northern Ireland payment.

The government’s lawyers made a surprising response:

“No additional funding contemplated by the agreement [with the DUP] has
yet been made available and no timetable has been established for the
provision of funding,” their letter said. “We have also explained that
additional payments contemplated by the agreement will be authorised by
parliament.” 

It appeared the Conservative government had not
admitted it needed prior parliamentary authorisation

before supplying tax payers’ money to Northern Ireland for their deal with the DUP.

With the prospect of
new “Henry VIII” powers

on the horizon Miller highlights a concerning aspect of Theresa May’s administration. As Miller states:

The British public deserves better than a government blatantly
attempting to put itself above the law and seeking to bypass
parliamentary scrutiny simply to cling to power. It is aware that the
public – and perhaps some sections of the press – have become apathetic,
and takes it for granted that awkward questions will not be asked. If
there is one lesson to be learned from all this, it is that we need to
watch this government – and all future governments, for that matter –
like a hawk, and be prepared to ask awkward but legitimate questions.
The price of liberty, as Thomas Jefferson so rightly said, is eternal
vigilance.

A corrupt government, putting itself above the law? 

You don’t say.   

Did the government intentionally mislead us over its deal with the DUP? | Gina Miller