You do like the partial truth approach, don't you, Teribus? Yes, it was and is the Government. But the government is weaker which is precisely what Mrs May wanted to avoid on the election.

My remark about lawyers really seems to have stirred something as well. But it is point worth repeating. Lawyers write in a very formalised way. It is not ordinary English because terms have precise meanings. So you cannot just treat a word like "settled" as if were an ordinary English conversation. You need to look at how that is used in law.

I have made my points on this little subsection. I will post again here, as like as not, but not taking this post further.