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Re:TTIP Enters New and Dangerous Stage as Democracy Is Disma... by snowwrestler on Thursday February 25, 2016 @02:04PM (#11176860)
Whether on purpose or not, you're moving the goalposts.

By the time a law arrives at the first public comment stage, even in the UK, it has already been the subject of a lot of conversation and negotiation behind closed doors. MPs do not have cameras in their offices and public file servers. Bills introduced for consideration do not spring fully-formed from the forehead of one MP, surprising everyone around them. They are talked about at length before even being drafted.

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Re:TTIP Enters New and Dangerous Stage as Democracy Is Disma... by Silhouette on Thursday February 25, 2016 @03:09PM (#11177402)
Of course, but the point isn't really what happens before the first useful draft is available, it's how much more happens afterwards, and in particular, how much realistic scope there is for scrutiny and public opinion to be taken into account and the details amended before anything becomes law.
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