Metaphors we love #94 -- the slippery slope

Stark warnings of doom here:

The government’s Brexit strategy is in danger of driving the UK down a “very slippery slope” towards “dictatorship” or “tyranny”, according to a former president of the supreme court.

Addressing an online meeting of lawyers, Lord Neuberger on Wednesday evening condemned the internal market bill, which enables the government to breach international law and exempts some of its powers from legal challenge....“The right of litigants to go to court to protect their rights and ensure that the government complies with its legal obligation is fundamental to any system … You could be going down a very slippery slope.”

Good job the courts are so open to anyone to protect their rights. I often use them. There is a whole panel of no doubt entirely dispassionate and non-partisan upholders of the law:

The hastily assembled online panel opposing the bill, organised by the International Bar Association, included Lord Neuberger, the former home secretary and Conservative party leader Michael Howard, the former attorney general Dominic Grieve QC, the SNP justice spokesperson Joanna Cherry QC, Helena Kennedy QC and Jessica Simor QC [apparently 'one of the country's leading specialists in public/regulatory, EU and human rights law']

Meanwhile, more evidence of Brexiteer racism, but with some mixed effects. Classic headline:

Two-thirds of British voters think EU nationals should not have free movement

The fascists! Followed by  the proper version:

Two-thirds of voters believe that EU nationals should have to apply to come to Britain rather than enjoy free movement, a new survey has shown.

Then some bits that must puzzle the Grud:

Most voters also appear to back the principle of treating migrants the same irrespective of their country of origin.

As for attitudes generally:

[The survey] shows a near even split on the impact of Brexit, with 51% believing the economy will be worse off as a result of leaving the EU and the same proportion saying they think the EU has undermined Britain’s ability to make its own laws.

Not really a split over the same issues then? Never mind -- the figures suit the Graun worldview of a split country. And what do the Scots think, I wonder?

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/07/two-thirds-of-british-voters-think-eu-nationals-should-not-have-free-movement