33_a_major_case
In particular, it would be very straightforward for the Prime Minister or a senior official to sign a witness statement confirming (for example) that the decision had nothing to do with Brexit if that were indeed the case, and despite repeated requests nobody has been prepared to do so.

0033_0004__would would 0033_0001__In_particular in_particular 0033_0004__would->0033_0001__In_particular [nim] 0033_0005__be be 0033_0004__would->0033_0005__be [scope] 0033_0007__straightforward straightforward 0033_0005__be->0033_0007__straightforward [prd] 0033_0017__sign sign 0033_0005__be->0033_0017__sign [arg0] 0033_0006__very very 0033_0007__straightforward->0033_0006__very [qual] 0033_0012__or or 0033_0017__sign->0033_0012__or [arg0] 0033_0018__a_0033_0019__witness_0033_0020__statement a_witness_statement 0033_0017__sign->0033_0018__a_0033_0019__witness_0033_0020__statement [arg1] 0033_0009__the_0033_0010__Prime_0033_0011__Minister the_prime_minister 0033_0012__or->0033_0009__the_0033_0010__Prime_0033_0011__Minister [conj1] 0033_0013__a_0033_0015__official a_official 0033_0012__or->0033_0013__a_0033_0015__official [conj2] 0033_0014__senior senior 0033_0013__a_0033_0015__official->0033_0014__senior [attrib] 0033_0021__confirming confirming 0033_0021__confirming->0033_0018__a_0033_0019__witness_0033_0020__statement [arg0] 0033_0023__foexample for_example 0033_0021__confirming->0033_0023__foexample [nim] 0033_0029__nothing nothing[quant] 0033_0021__confirming->0033_0029__nothing [arg1] 0033_0031__do do 0033_0029__nothing->0033_0031__do [restriction] 0033_0034__if if 0033_0029__nothing->0033_0034__if [scope] 0033_0028__had had 0033_0026__the_0033_0027__decision the_decision 0033_0028__had->0033_0026__the_0033_0027__decision [arg0] z_0033_5014 _ 0033_0028__had->z_0033_5014 [arg1] 0033_0031__do->z_0033_5014 [arg0] 0033_0033__Brexit brexit 0033_0031__do->0033_0033__Brexit with[nim] 0033_0034__if->0033_0028__had [scope] 0033_0036__were were 0033_0034__if->0033_0036__were [restriction] 0033_0035__that that 0033_0036__were->0033_0035__that [arg0] 0033_0037__indeed indeed 0033_0036__were->0033_0037__indeed [nim] 0033_0038__the_0033_0039__case the_case 0033_0036__were->0033_0038__the_0033_0039__case [prd] 0033_0041__and and 0033_0041__and->0033_0004__would [conj1] 0033_0042__despite despite 0033_0041__and->0033_0042__despite [conj2] 0033_0043__repeated repeated 0033_0042__despite->0033_0043__repeated [restriction] 0033_0045__nobody nobody[quant] 0033_0042__despite->0033_0045__nobody [scope] 0033_0044__requests requests 0033_0043__repeated->0033_0044__requests [arg1] z_0033_5029 _ 0033_0043__repeated->z_0033_5029 [arg0] 0033_0046__has has 0033_0045__nobody->0033_0046__has [scope] z_0033_5034 _ 0033_0045__nobody->z_0033_5034 [restriction] 0033_0047__been been 0033_0046__has->0033_0047__been [scope] 0033_0047__been->z_0033_5034 [arg1] staz_0033_5042 * 0033_0047__been->staz_0033_5042 [arg0] z_0033_5041 _ 0033_0047__been->z_0033_5041 [prd] 0033_0050__do_0033_0051__so do_so z_0033_5041->0033_0050__do_0033_0051__so [arg1] z_0033_5039 _ 0033_0050__do_0033_0051__so->z_0033_5039 [arg0]
arc(r_0033_0004__would,r_0033_0001__In_particular,nim).
arc(r_0033_0004__would,r_0033_0005__be,keep_scope).
arc(r_0033_0005__be,r_0033_0007__straightforward,prd).
arc(r_0033_0005__be,r_0033_0017__sign,arg0).
arc(r_0033_0007__straightforward,r_0033_0006__very,qual).
arc(r_0033_0012__or,r_0033_0009__the_r_0033_0010__Prime_r_0033_0011__Minister,conj1).
arc(r_0033_0012__or,r_0033_0013__a_r_0033_0015__official,conj2).
arc(r_0033_0013__a_r_0033_0015__official,r_0033_0014__senior,attrib).
arc(r_0033_0017__sign,r_0033_0012__or,arg0).
arc(r_0033_0017__sign,r_0033_0018__a_r_0033_0019__witness_r_0033_0020__statement,arg1).
arc(r_0033_0021__confirming,r_0033_0018__a_r_0033_0019__witness_r_0033_0020__statement,arg0).
arc(r_0033_0021__confirming,r_0033_0023__for_example,nim).
arc(r_0033_0021__confirming,r_0033_0029__nothing__quant,arg1).
arc(r_0033_0028__had,r_0033_0026__the_r_0033_0027__decision,arg0).
arc(r_0033_0028__had,z_0033_5014,arg1).
arc(r_0033_0029__nothing__quant,r_0033_0031__do,restriction).
arc(r_0033_0029__nothing__quant,r_0033_0034__if,scope).
arc(r_0033_0031__do,r_0033_0033__Brexit,r_0033_0032__with__nim).
arc(r_0033_0031__do,z_0033_5014,arg0).
arc(r_0033_0034__if,r_0033_0028__had,scope).
arc(r_0033_0034__if,r_0033_0036__were,restriction).
arc(r_0033_0036__were,r_0033_0035__that,arg0).
arc(r_0033_0036__were,r_0033_0037__indeed,nim).
arc(r_0033_0036__were,r_0033_0038__the_r_0033_0039__case,prd).
arc(r_0033_0041__and,r_0033_0004__would,coord_conj1).
arc(r_0033_0041__and,r_0033_0042__despite,coord_conj2).
arc(r_0033_0042__despite,r_0033_0043__repeated,restriction).
arc(r_0033_0042__despite,r_0033_0045__nobody__quant,scope).
arc(r_0033_0043__repeated,r_0033_0044__requests,arg1).
arc(r_0033_0043__repeated,z_0033_5029,arg0).
arc(r_0033_0045__nobody__quant,r_0033_0046__has,scope).
arc(r_0033_0045__nobody__quant,z_0033_5034,restriction).
arc(r_0033_0046__has,r_0033_0047__been,keep_scope).
arc(r_0033_0047__been,star_z_0033_5042,arg0).
arc(r_0033_0047__been,z_0033_5034,arg1).
arc(r_0033_0047__been,z_0033_5041,prd).
arc(r_0033_0050__do_r_0033_0051__so,z_0033_5039,arg0).
arc(z_0033_5041,r_0033_0050__do_r_0033_0051__so,arg1).


IP-MAT ILYR ILYR ADVP-NIM ADV In_particular PUNC , NP-SBJ PRO;_provisional_ it MD;~cat_Vi would IP-INF-CAT BE;~La be ADJP-PRD ADVP ADV very ADJ straightforward IP-INF-NSBJ P-CONN for NP-SBJ NLYR NLYR D the NPR Prime NPR Minister CONJP CONJ or NLYR D a ADJP ADJ senior N official TO to VB sign NP-OB1 D a N witness N statement IP-PPL VAG confirming PULB -LRB- ADVP-NIM ADV for_example PURB -RRB- CP-THT-OB1 IP-SUB C that NP-SBJ D the N decision HVD;~Tn had NP-OB1 Q;_nphd_ nothing IP-INF-REL NP-SBJ *T* TO to DO do PP-NIM P-ROLE with NP NPR Brexit PP-SCON P-CONN if IP-ADV NP-SBJ D;_nphd_ that BED;~Ln were ADVP-NIM ADV indeed NP-PRD D the N case PUNC , CONJP CONJ and ILYR PP-SCON P-CONN despite IP-PPL3 VVN repeated NP-OB1 NS requests NP-SBJ Q;_nphd_ nobody HVP;~cat_Ve has IP-PPL-CAT NP-LGS * BEN;~La been ADJP-PRD VVN prepared IP-INF-OB1 TO to DO do ADVP-CLR ADV so PUNC .
( (IP-MAT (ILYR (ILYR (ADVP-NIM (ADV In_particular;{in_particular}))
                      (PUNC ,)
                      (NP-SBJ (PRO;_provisional_ it;{it}))
                      (MD;~cat_Vi would;{will})
                      (IP-INF-CAT (BE;~La be;{be})
                                  (ADJP-PRD (ADVP (ADV very;{very}))
                                            (ADJ straightforward;{straightforward}))
                                  (IP-INF-NSBJ (P-CONN for;{for})
                                               (NP-SBJ (NLYR (NLYR;{JOHNSON} (D the;{the})
                                                                             (NPR Prime;{Prime})
                                                                             (NPR Minister;{Minister}))
                                                             (CONJP (CONJ or;{or})
                                                                    (NLYR (D a;{a})
                                                                          (ADJP (ADJ senior;{senior}))
                                                                          (N official;{official})))))
                                               (TO to;{to})
                                               (VB sign;{sign})
                                               (NP-OB1 (D a;{a})
                                                       (N witness;{witness})
                                                       (N statement;{statement})
                                                       (IP-PPL (VAG confirming;{confirm})
                                                               (PULB -LRB-)
                                                               (ADVP-NIM (ADV for_example;{for_example}))
                                                               (PURB -RRB-)
                                                               (CP-THT-OB1 (IP-SUB (C that;{that})
                                                                                   (NP-SBJ (D the;{the})
                                                                                           (N decision;{decision}))
                                                                                   (HVD;~Tn had;{have})
                                                                                   (NP-OB1 (Q;_nphd_ nothing;{nothing})
                                                                                           (IP-INF-REL (NP-SBJ *T*)
                                                                                                       (TO to;{to})
                                                                                                       (DO do;{do})
                                                                                                       (PP-NIM (P-ROLE with;{with})
                                                                                                               (NP (NPR Brexit;{Brexit})))))
                                                                                   (PP-SCON (P-CONN if;{if})
                                                                                            (IP-ADV (NP-SBJ (D;_nphd_ that;{that}))
                                                                                                    (BED;~Ln were;{be})
                                                                                                    (ADVP-NIM (ADV indeed;{indeed}))
                                                                                                    (NP-PRD (D the;{the})
                                                                                                            (N case;{case})))))))))))
                (PUNC ,)
                (CONJP (CONJ and;{and})
                       (ILYR (PP-SCON (P-CONN despite;{despite})
                                      (IP-PPL3 (VVN repeated;{repeat})
                                               (NP-OB1 (NS requests;{request}))))
                             (NP-SBJ (Q;_nphd_ nobody;{nobody}))
                             (HVP;~cat_Ve has;{have})
                             (IP-PPL-CAT (NP-LGS *)
                                         (BEN;~La been;{be})
                                         (ADJP-PRD (VVN prepared;{prepare})
                                                   (IP-INF-OB1 (TO to;{to})
                                                               (DO do;{do})
                                                               (ADVP-CLR (ADV so;{so}))))))))
          (PUNC .))
  (ID 33_a_major_case))