Its pretty obvious what BoJo and his crew are doing but I have to say they have played it well and how Moogy keeps a straight face I just don't know, they will probably get away with it as well.
The main reason for proroguing parliament now, even though its the longest session ever, it to stop those who were moving to vote on stopping parliament going into recess. which would have given many more days to carry on with their debating, wheeling and dealings over brexit. Having said that I totally agree that they have had 3 years to do this, what they are doing now should have been done when they initially launched article 50. Prior to that Cameron should have run the referendum differently (don't forget Farage said when he thought he'd lost that "if remain win like 52/48 then it will be unfinished business") which split the country.
Dictator May should have sought some form of consensus before going off and negotiating what she thought "Brexit means Brexit" should be and shouldn't have called an election which was just another attempt to be a dictator and be able to force through wat she thought "Brexit means Brexit", an election she nearly lost. Also the 36 billion and other things should never have been negotiated away in some exit agreement. All those things should have been part of the whole pie and if the EU didn't want to negotiate on that, then that was the time to say its all or nothing.
Since then we have had varying degrees of Tory incompetence if the above wasn't enough. Grayling with his shipping company without ships is one that springs to mind. Fine to help startup companies in normal times but not in what would be in effect a state of emergency.
No one else has made these decisions the Tories alone have the blame squarely on their shoulders as much as they try and deflect responsibility on others. It was the Tory ERG group that effectively voted down leaving in March, rejecting Mays deal. Why? Come on Brexit means Brexit May negotiated what she thought that meant, wasn't what others thought it meant though was it?
Same as the EU referendum we were given a simple choice Leave or Stay, however the devil is always in the detail as I covered in my recent Blog & Blog.
Even members of Johnson's own cabinet recently stated that proroguing parliament now would be undemocratic.
Same as the EU referendum we were given a simple choice Leave or Stay, however the devil is always in the detail as I covered in my recent Blog & Blog.
Even members of Johnson's own cabinet recently stated that proroguing parliament now would be undemocratic.
Nicky Morgan
Proroguing parliament is clearly a mad suggestion” – 6th June
I’m a member of the cabinet, I fully support the prime minister” – Thursday 29th June
Matt Hancock
Prorogation would mean the end of the Conservative party” – 6 June
Morning, how are you? Sorry. How are you?” – Thursday 29th June
Michael Gove
It would not be true to the best traditions of British democracy” – 9 June
Parliamentarians will have plenty of time to debate Brexit” – Wednesday 28th June
Amber Rudd
Nobody should consider involving the Queen” – 16 June
I’m here on a visit to work out what’s going on in my department” – Thursday 29th June
Sajid Javid
You don’t deliver on democracy by trashing democracy” – 16 June (said in a tweet that is now removed :-))
No comment” – Thursday 29th June
LINKS
The Guardian - Then and now: what senior Tories say about proroguing parliament