Jacob Rees-Mogg: he’s probably furious about this.
A proposed law to ditch thousands of regulations because they were imposed when the UK was part of the European Union has been delayed indefinitely.
The Retained EU Law Bill had already had its progress through the House of Lords paused indefinitely.
But there was an expectation that most of the laws that were copied into the UK statute book after Brexit would vanish at the end of the year.
Then, after it was revealed that the number of regulations affected runs into the thousands – 4,800 so far, allegedly – concerns were voiced that important legislation might be thrown away by accident.
And now it seems the cut-off point will be replaced with a list of 600 laws the government wants to ditch by the end of the year.
Some of us see it as the end of the plan to drop the axe on these laws – and are heaving collective sighs of relief:
Call it 'ditching the deadline' if you like. But the reality is, this will never happen. Because the laws we helped shape in the EU were basically right.
What they are really doing is, at last, admitting it – admitting Brexit was a con. https://t.co/AOnxEfFE70
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) May 10, 2023
Jacob Rees-Mogg, who introduced the Retained EU Law Bill to Parliament, may well be heartbroken.
When the Bill was paused in the Lords, people said they hoped it would spell the end of his hope to set the UK’s economy on fire (meaning, ruin it).
You see, if nobody knows the implications of cancelling these laws, it would make trade with EU countries impossible.
Rees-Mogg should have known that when he introduced the Bill, so it is logical to suggest that it’s what he wanted. Well, it seems increasingly unlikely that he will get his wish.
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