Tag Archives: Delay
Tusk Tusk
atThis afternoon.
British PM Theresa May’s letter to the president of the European Council Donald Tusk in which she asks that the Brexit process can be delayed until June 30, 2019.
Britain was scheduled to leave on March 29, 2019.
Via Faisal Islam
Theresa May is seeking a short Brexit delay – what happens next? (The Guardian)
Yesterday: He Is Among Us
UPDATE:
JC Juncker’s spokesperson says he warned her – before today! – not to extend beyond May 23 or the UK would have to hold European elections.
Today: Citing European elections, May says no extension beyond June 30 https://t.co/0FIYYsiwfk
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) March 20, 2019
Irish Govt spokesman: “The Government will consider recent developments including the Prime Ministers’s letter at its Cabinet meeting this afternoon.”
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) March 20, 2019
French news magazine Le Point suggests Macron will VETO any extension to Article 50 talks, ergo any delay to Brexit: https://t.co/DY578X3HUK
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) March 20, 2019
Confirmed from Cairo – No verdict today on Ibrahim Halawa case. Judges have adjourned until 18 September – v frustrating but we keep working
— Simon Coveney (@simoncoveney) August 28, 2017
Further to this…
In a statement released by Darragh Mackin, solicitor for Ibrahim Halawa, Mr Mackin said:
“Today’s news is truly devastating for our client and his family. Regrettably, this is not the first time the case has been due to conclude when a last-minute, unexpected and unjustified decision is taken to delay the case further. We are now four years on, with each day and each false dawn having a hugely significant mental and physical impact on our client’s health.
“It is not known when this case will ever end. Such irrational and unpredictable decisions cannot be allowed to continue, and in particular when they operate in a vacuum of lawfulness depriving our client of his basic rights.”
Ibrahim’s sister Somaia Halawa said:
“It is truly upsetting and heart-breaking to constantly keep having our expectations and hopes shattered into a million pieces. It is not just Ibrahim’s life that is being played around with but also the entire family’s life. We would ask that our family are allowed some time to ourselves during this difficult period.”
Previously: Ibrahim’s Return
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Too busy promoting his leadership bid? Who knows, but @SimonCoveney is 2 days late publishing Jan17 homeless stats. Here’s reminder of Dec’s…
Anyone?
CGP Grey proposes the entirely sensible solution to traffic problems the world will never see because humans.
The first installment of a new web series wherein Brian attempts to read childrens’ books while wearing a Delayed Auditory Feedback Device.
Episode one is Dr Seuss’s One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.
Next: C.S. Lewis. Possibly Thhe Lilionn-nn, the Withethewitch and Thedrobedrobe
Waiver Away
atTo access their modest lump sum – which they desperately need – the women are required to sign a waiver, accepting “all the terms of the scheme” and waiving “any right of action against the State or any public or statutory body or agency” arising out of their time in a Magdalene laundry.
In contrast with the judge’s report, there is no mention of (a) private healthcare provision, (b) healthcare for women living abroad, or (c) a dedicated unit to provide advice and support, services to meet other survivors, assistance with housing and education benefits, and the creation and maintenance of a memorial.
How can the women be asked to agree to all terms of a scheme that are not explicit and do not resemble Mr Justice Quirke’s recommendations? It would be cynical in the extreme – and an abuse of power – for the Government to use waivers signed by vulnerable women to avoid implementing the scheme it promised last year. But that is precisely what it seems to be doing.
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We also know of three survivors who have died and two others who have experienced repeated hospitalisations since the Taoiseach’s apology last year. Time is not on these women’s side. Further delays and more broken promises are simply unacceptable.