nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190211-223336-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190110s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|ger|| 10.17176/20190211-223336-0 doi ger 342 23 Simson Caird, Jack Author aut Brexit and the Speaker of the House of the Commons: Do the Ends Justify the Means? Simson Caird, Jack Verfassungsblog 2019-01-10 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 brexit Parliamentary Sovereignty Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/brexit-and-the-speaker-of-the-house-of-the-commons-do-the-ends-justify-the-means/ raw object