She extended this to upholding the obligations of international treaties too. It also establishes, as a potential precedent, the UK’s claim to a right of unilateral derogation from international treaties. That is why Keir Starmer very obviously passed up the opportunity to quiz Johnson on the law-breaking new Brexit bill on Wednesday at prime minister’s questions. But the law-breaking bill rolls the dice in other ways. Thatcher would have thought she knew the consequences of Britain defying international law.

Source: The Guardian September 09, 2020 15:56 UTC