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Mother of Parliament being shut down by the father of lies.

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Lovetopaint037 Thu 19-Sept-19 08:36:52

The above said by a Scottish QC at the Supreme Court yesterday. It was said in a gorgeous, rolling dialect which gave it a kind of poetic gravitas which described all the shenanigans in the most succinct way.
Does anyone agree or disagree?

MaizieD Thu 19-Sept-19 08:56:44

I cheered him on ?

Alima Thu 19-Sept-19 08:59:34

Yes.

Lovetopaint037 Thu 19-Sept-19 09:00:56

So did I MaisieD.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 19-Sept-19 09:09:09

It is incredible to watch intelligent people put together intelligent arguments.

Oh how I wish our politicians could match them.

mcem Thu 19-Sept-19 09:10:54

I'd watched earlier and found Eadie's delivery was so tedious that I couldn't concentrate and turned off.
O'Neill, OTOH, was passionate and ostensibly sincere.
I had virtually no problem in understanding and hung on his every word.
Before anyone accuses me of superficiality I have to say that their different styles made a difference to my ability to comprehend their cases not necessarily to who was right or wrong.
(But I have to admit that from the outset I was sympathetic to the Miller/Cherry case!)

mcem Thu 19-Sept-19 09:13:45

Ww2 to echo your post, I read a comment yesterday saying how reassuring it is to watch the grown-ups' serious attempt to sort out the mess!

gallusquine Thu 19-Sept-19 09:14:04

I agree !
Aidan O'Neill touched on everything from Bannockburn, to Nelson Mandella, to the the cause of the American Civil War.

jura2 Thu 19-Sept-19 09:43:53

Oh yes

Fiachna50 Thu 19-Sept-19 10:46:43

Much as I have sympathy re the case and not a Boris fan. This guy made me cringe. I half expected him to start quoting the nonsense from that Godawful Braveheart film. The most inaccurate film ever. I just wasnt impressed and by the look of some of them around that courtroom, they weren't either.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 19-Sept-19 11:06:20

So far we’ve had against the government

Miller
Cherry plus a number of other MPs
Scottish Government
Irish NI representative

Anyone else? I know there are still some to come.

mcem Thu 19-Sept-19 11:34:27

Disappointed that the N I representative, Lavery, has been reminded three times that the hearing is not dealing with brexit-related issues but solely with the legality of the prorogation. He hasn't contributed much to the case.
OTOH , John Redwood doesn't seem to see this and he has conflated the two issues.

mcem Thu 19-Sept-19 11:35:07

John Major will appear shortly.

lemongrove Thu 19-Sept-19 14:26:19

O’Neill did himself no favours with the judges yesterday, what on earth possessed him to be so confrontational ( and rude actually) ?
I agree with Fiachna50 ....all it needed was him waving his sword in the air and shouting ‘yon English will never take us alive!’ ?

mcem Thu 19-Sept-19 14:33:11

Piffle lemon - robust instead of bland and passionate, not rude!

lemongrove Thu 19-Sept-19 14:41:38

Are you a Scot by any chance mcem ? You may view it differently.The judges looked annoyed. I wondered why on earth he took that tack.

grapefruitpip Thu 19-Sept-19 14:47:40

Love a bit of Celtic passion.

mcem Thu 19-Sept-19 17:29:00

Scots aren't known for pussy -footing around!
I'd have said the same of any one of them who genuinely seemed to be in full support of what he was saying!
I didn't think the judges seemed the least bit put out!

Fiachna50 Thu 19-Sept-19 20:52:07

I am Scottish.