From 00.01 this morning, 6th November, Parliament has officially been dissolved, and we are now in the period between dissolution and the election known as ‘the period of sensitivity’, or commonly referred to as ‘purdah’.
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Consultations, pre-legislative scrutiny, legislative amendments, legislation and order papers are important to us in Stratagem and while we have supported many organisations achieve positive outcomes in the public interest, I have never been so happy to see a parliamentary order paper as the one published on Monday November 4.
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Boris Johnson finally, at the 4th time of asking, has been granted his election. Once Jeremy Corbyn told the shadow cabinet on Tuesday morning that his condition of taking a No Deal off the table had been met by the EU’s granting of an extension of Article 50 to 31st January, the parliamentary stars were finally aligning for the hamstrung Prime Minister.
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If a week is a long time in politics, a year feels like a lifetime. Yet amid much change at #DUP19, a lot has stayed the same.
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The backstop and all things Brexit remain central to politics on both sides of the Irish Sea. Beyond this, there are also local public policy issues here in Northern Ireland which shows public affairs professionals that there is life (just about) beyond Brexit.
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