Thursday, April 04, 2019

Well, well, well

So Mrs May says we will be out of the EU and not contesting the EU elections?  Aye, right. 

From documents dated March 2019 it looks like the government are well prepared after all.  For the EU elections!!!! 

“This document applies only to the 23 May 2019 European Parliamentary elections in Great Britain. Our guidance and resources for all other elections can be accessed from our website at:   http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/candidate-or-agent.   

And:  http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/163523/EPE-Part-1-Can-you-stand-for-election.pdf    

All this is rather odd because only on the 1st of April we had Rt Hon David Lidington writing to the Electoral Commission confirming spending arrangements in preparation for an election that may not happen.  

It seems the government are happy to spend money on an election that may not happen while the chancellor, Mr Hammond, was extremely reluctant to spend money to prepare to leave the EU. 

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