Parliament is sovereign

• Brexit

  The UK Parliament once again enjoys full legal sovereignty
• Factortame Case

  • Prior to Brexit, EU law had 'primacy' over UK law. The UK Parliament could not introduce a law that conflicted with EU law, but now it can.
• Political sovereignty

  Not fixed and is restricted by parliamentary assertion
• A party with a thin or non-existent majority


  Will find it much more difficult to control the parliamentary agenda
• Spring and autumn 2019


  • Parliament voted to take over the agenda of Parliament using Standing Order 24, wresting it away from government and allowing it to initiate its own votes on Brexit
• If the popular will is divided, as shown by the EU referendum and also by the 2017 general election


  The net effect is to empower ordinary MPS who hold more power in a hung parliament, thus allowing Parliament to take control of decision making
• Despite devolution, Parliament retains reserved powers, and still takes the major decisions affecting the nation
• The Sewel Convention is not legally binding and so the devolved bodies can be ignored by Parliament
• Supreme Court ruled in 2017


  • The devolved bodies could not reject what Parliament passes in relation to Brexit