BORIS JOHNSON MAKES A STATEMENT ON ‘SUPER SATURDAY’
What a very strange and unsettling day it has been today.
Super Saturday was the day in which polite debate was to be held in Westminster about Boris Johnson’s deal with the EU, and then a ‘Meaningful Vote’.
SIR OLIVER LETVIN
Instead of which, Sir Oliver Letvin tabled an amendment which ‘put a spanner in the works’ for Boris and would force the Government to request an extension to the EU after the 31st October.
BORIS JOHNSON MAKES A STATEMENT ON ‘SUPER SATURDAY’
THERESA MAY ENDORSES BORIS’S DEAL AND MAKES A
FURTHER STATEMENT ON ‘SUPER SATURDAY’
The ‘Letvin Amendment’ passed unfortunately which meant that Boris’s meaningful vote which everybody had bent over backwards to obtain – would not now take place.
With regard to the debate itself, it started off looking very good for Boris, with many looking as though they would back his deal, and then the ‘Letvin Bombshell’ was dropped. After that, it was more of the same type of excitable debate as usual, with the sharp, pained faces of the Government opposition – seemingly seething over Boris’s success with his deal (and still managing to maintain top relations with the EU.)
Outside, many thousands of remain protesters had gathered in Westminster. When interviewed, not many had much sympathy for the leave voters, with one lady intimating that democracy is a fluid process and results for elections should be as frequent and liberal as the results of a football match!
FORMER GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND LORD MERVYN KING DISCUSSES THE DEAL STRUCK BY BORIS JOHNSON AND THE EU SAYING “I THINK MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY FEEL THAT THIS HAS GONE ON FOR FAR TOO LONG AND JUST HAVE THE VIEW “JUST DO IT.”
GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND MARK CARNEY HAS WELCOMED THE DEAL STRUCK WITH THE EU BY BRITISH PM BORIS JOHNSON THIS WEEK AND SAYS THAT “IF ADOPTED, IT COULD LEAD TO A PICK-UP IN ECONOMIC GROWTH.”
The fundamental problem is that most leaders in the Commons and Lords do not seem to be on the same page when it comes to the basic rule of democracy. Maybe before we go any further – all of the leaders should get around a table, and discuss at least what they perceive constitutes a valid and effective electoral vote.
Because it looks as though rules are simply being made up as we go along. As with the Benn Act…!
It is a very sad day, when the British Prime Minister who has all the goodwill in the World from the EU,
the Brexit voters, and has negotiated a good deal (apart from the sticking point of the Irish backstop) - is now forced into making a decision which could hypothetically make him into a criminal.
If it were a two/four week delay just to make sure the legislation was up to scratch and all the i’s were dotted and t’s were crossed – perhaps it wouldn’t be so bad.
Words by Amanda Waters