Tories plan to curb the power of people to mount legal challenges

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This seems very sinister and I felt it deserved a thread of its own:

Boris Johnson is planning an extraordinary attack on the courts if he wins the general election, prompting accusations he is determined to prevent a repeat of judges thwarting Conservative Brexit plans.

The alarm has been raised over proposals in the Tory manifesto to curb the power of people to mount legal challenges – after historic defeats over the triggering of Article 50 and the unlawful shutdown of parliament.

A little-noticed section also hints at expanding the use of the royal prerogative to allow, it is claimed, the next government to ram through plans for the future relationship with the EU without proper scrutiny by MPs.

The moves appear designed to prevent a repeat of the damaging setbacks inflicted by the courts on both Theresa May, over invoking Article 50 without MPs' approval, and Mr Johnson himself, over the prorogation of parliament.

Gina Miller, the businesswoman who mounted and won the Article 50 case, told The Independent: "Is Boris Johnson intending to get a majority, change the scope of the royal prerogative and become a dictator?"

Dominic Grieve, the former Conservative attorney general, now running as an independent, said he feared a "clear intent to attack the power to go for judicial review, which would be a very serious matter indeed"... The controversy has been sparked by the wording of the Tory manifesto, unveiled on Sunday, which also hints at curtailing the power of the House of Lords to hold up government legislation.

It reads: "After Brexit we also need to look at the broader aspects of our constitution: the relationship between the government, parliament and the courts; the functioning of the royal prerogative; the role of the House of Lords; and access to justice for ordinary people.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/general-election-brexit-latest-boris-johnson-article-50-second-referendum-a9217656.html

So a Tory majority or even a Tory minority government looks set to further limit what democracy there is in Britain.

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Will of the people.

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access to justice

Sorry, Partridge earworm