Dominic Grieve
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Dominic Grieve is a former Conservative Attorney General who advocates for parliamentary power and reflects on the potential divisions within the Conservative Party. This interview reveals his commitment to dialogue and coalition-building in a turbulent political landscape.
“Well, that can be, and one's got to be careful about that if you are simply doing something out of self-indulgence or anger, then that's probably a bad reason for doing it.”
“There's no documentary evidence to suggest it was a planned pattern of behaviour. The evidence that we saw suggests that we were, in a sense, carried along by a number of things.”
“It's certainly not improper for people to try to reverse it. I think it would be improper for Parliament to use its power to block it. I keep on saying this to people when they ask me about it and my own views. I, as a Member of Parliament, will not use my role as a parliamentarian to block Brexit.”
“I think we got at the end to a reasonable place. It wasn't an ideal place. I would have preferred it if the amendment, which was being touted the week before from the government, offering an amendable motion in Parliament in the event of no deal, that we had put that on the statute book, and indeed the government didn't seem to have any r…”
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