http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20190211-223336-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/brexit-and-the-speaker-of-the-house-of-the-commons-do-the-ends-justify-the-means/ Brexit and the Speaker of the House of the Commons: Do the Ends Justify the Means? Simson Caird, Jack ger 2019-01-10 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 brexit Parliamentary Sovereignty Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Yesterday, the Speaker of the UK House of Commons decided to allow an amendment to the Brexit timetable to be selected and voted upon by the Commons, in flat contradiction of the Commons’ rules and against the advice of his senior clerks. In this post, I outline the constitutional context which helps to explain why the Speaker took his decision, even if it does not justify the way in which the decision was taken.