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Originally Posted by pip08456
The repeal of the ECA 1973 has nothing to do with A50.
A50 merely triggers the process of withdrawal, repeal of ECA would form part of that process and be debated in parliament in the normal way.
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If the UK government invokes article 50 and then nobody talks about it at all for 2 years, then at the end of that period the UK automatically leaves the European Union. Obviously they're not going to do that but it is that aspect, that it *might be* inevitable, that is the issue. The European Communities Act 1972 says that the UK is a member of the EU. If the UK government undoes our membership then it undoes the will of Parliament.
It may sound like arguing about how many angels you can fit on a pinhead but the balance of powers between the legislature and the executive and the supremacy of parliament is about as fundamental as it gets. They have to treat it very seriously because decisions taken now set precedents for the future.