A HISTORIC TIME FOR GREAT BRITAIN – THE QUEEN HAS CONSENTED TO PROROGUE PARLIAMENT FOR FIVE WEEKS
With more shenanigans going on in Westminster than you can possibly imagine, Boris Johnson has had no alternative but to ask the Queen to prorogue Parliament because of a total lack of respect for the mandate given by the British people when they voted to leave the European Union in 2016; i.e. the rule of law.
Politicians have tried every trick in the book to thwart the will of the people at every single opportunity. Forming totally new (and ultimately and quite predictably unsuccessful) parties, beleaguered each other with often quite un-parliamentary language, “dressing up” their activities as caring for the Country, when little attempt to find common ground has been attempted, with frankly, only purely subversion of the electorate in mind.
Phrases such as “go back to the British people and let them decide”, “go back and check with the people”, and “a people’s vote”, have been bandied around almost as sensible ideas by party leaders and journo’s alike, and may have almost convinced some into forgetting about the rules of democracy and thinking that it is possible to vote again and again until you get the desired result. As we all know, this is not the case.
The lack of flexibility by all parties (including the EU) has left Boris Johnson with no choice but to take this course of action and pursue a no deal option. Otherwise, the divisions in Westminster and across the Country will continue to permeate through our very souls.
A second vote will never happen. It cannot possibly if we are to preserve our democracy. We have voted to leave. And unless that vote is respected – it is doubtful that anyone will ever turn out to vote again for an election. Many people who voted leave have said that they would not vote again in a second referendum if the first vote was not respected (all across the Country) – so that indicates that a second referendum vote could be serviced mostly by remainers. And when the results of the vote are announced and people deny the legitimacy of the vote saying “well I didn’t vote this time” – where would we go from there? More wrangling and debate for years and years. Then what, another referendum, and then another?
Nobody wanted a no-deal Brexit – including Boris Johnson. But when nobody is co-operating, and there is a lack of flexibility (and respect) on all parts, resulting in total melt-down and division everywhere, what other option is there? It’s such a shame that we haven’t been able to have a little more understanding and flexibility from our European friends and been able to work together more, because Britain needs to be brought back together – sharpish – by whatever means. Not least to restore our faith in Politics and Democracy as a whole…!
It’s not the right time for David Cameron to ‘pop back up’. (Especially as he is trying to sell a book.) Boris Johnson must be allowed to lead.
THE QUEEN HAS CONSENTED TO THE SUSPENSION OF PARLIAMENT FOR FIVE WEEKS
