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Mark Elliott

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Mark Elliott

@ProfMarkElliott

Professor of Public Law, University of Cambridge. Fellow, St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Author of publiclawforeveryone.com

Cambridge, UK

Joined July 2012

Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Jun 15, 2022
Partygate-related resignations by officials: 1. Allegra Stratton, Govt spokesperson 2. John Penrose, Govt 'anti-corruption tsar' 3. Lord Geidt, Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards Resignations so far by politicians under doctrine of ministerial responsibility: None
Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Sep 10, 2020
Attorney General @SuellaBraverman still hasn’t resigned, but she has broken her recent silence on the Internal Market Bill by publishing a statement of HM Government’s ‘legal position’ on it. It runs to one side of A4. And it is utterly risible. /1 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Jun 28, 2022
Here's my interview with @mrjamesob about the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.
LBC
@LBC
Jun 28, 2022
'This is one of the most remarkable interviews I've ever conducted!' James O'Brien is blown away as Professor Mark Elliott explains why the Government lacks legal authority to dump the Northern Ireland protocol. @mrjamesob | @ProfMarkElliott
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Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Jul 12, 2022
I find this concerning, since it undermines the constitutional principle that the Government must be able to command the confidence of the House of Commons: a principle that requires the Opposition, when appropriate, to be able to test that confidence via a vote. /1
Pippa Crerar
@PippaCrerar
Jul 12, 2022
BREAKING: Boris Johnson has blocked Labour's bid to hold vote of no confidence in Govt tomorrow Senior Labour source: "It's just another example of them ripping up the rules to protect their own side. They're saying he's going anyway but they're clearly frightened of losing".
Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Feb 11, 2022
Implication that Police should think more carefully before issuing someone with a fixed penality because they're the PM is abhorrent to the rule of law. 'Every man, whatever be his rank or condition, is subject to the ordinary law of the realm' (Dicey) x.com/paul__johnson/…
Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Sep 10, 2020
Replying to @ProfMarkElliott
The UK may have left the EU, but it has not left the community of nations or the rules-based international order. Treaty obligations are binding upon the UK, and to suggest that they are not ‘because Parliament is sovereign’ is as embarrassing as it is dangerous. /ends
Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Sep 10, 2020
I see Attorney-General @SuellaBraverman & Lord Chancellor @RobertBuckland still haven't resigned from a Government intent on undermining the rule of law. I was going to say that's quite extraordinary — but it's now just par for the course. Not a political point. Just a fact.
Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Jun 20, 2022
Extraordinary. A Cabinet Minister—in conversation with the PM's sister—boasting about her ignorance of the system for upholding the Ministerial Code, trivialising Lord Geidt's resignation & implying that standards in public life are an elite concern.
Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Sep 3, 2019
I'm pleased to be a signatory to this letter to the Times. We argue that the recent decision to prorogue Parliament sets a dangerous precedent and is incompatible with the core UK constitutional principle of executive accountability to Parliament.
Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Jul 11, 2022
There are 3 fundamental problems with this. First, it implies being bound by treaty obligations is incompatible with sovereignty, whereas entering into such obligations is actually an exercise of sovereignty. Sovereignty is a resource to be used, not a relic to be venerated. /1
Suella Braverman
@SuellaBraverman
Jul 11, 2022
We must restore full UK sovereignty and safeguard the Belfast Agreement. That means dealing with the Northern Ireland Protocol #Suella4leader
Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Jul 10, 2022
What is ‘elite’ about pointing out that @SuellaBraverman is advocating two entirely inconsistent policies, and that each of them would involve breaches of international law? If ‘making sense’ and ‘obeying the law’ are now elitist, we really are in deep trouble.
M.
@maw6785
Jul 10, 2022
The elite are going feral. Keep up the good work @SuellaBraverman
Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Sep 2, 2022
I find this opinion on the Johnson Privileges Committee matter very odd. Much of it is concerned with the fact that the Committee's process may not adhere to legal standards that are wholly inapplicable to a political, parliamentary process. /1 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Jul 7, 2022
Does the PM’s refusal to resign mean the UK is in a ‘constitutional crisis’? That’s a vague notion, but I think the answer is that it implies he’s willing to create one very soon. Another way of framing the question is: At what point *must* Boris Johnson resign? /1
Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Jul 7, 2022
Keir Starmer has just told BBC News that if Boris Johnson attempts to stay on pending the leadership election, the Opposition will hold a parliamentary vote of no confidence. That is the proper constitutional mechanism for immediate removal of Johnson as PM, as explained here.
Mark Elliott
@ProfMarkElliott
Jul 7, 2022
If the leadership election takes several months, such that Johnson would remain PM until October, and if that is considered unacceptable, it would be open for a vote of no confidence to be held in the House of Commons. /1