Posted on 08/28/2019 7:21:16 PM PDT by bitt
She’s not “just a figurehead.”
Her Majesty The Queen is Britain’s final constitutional backstop. On Aug. 28, she acted in the interest of the majority of people in Britain. She approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s request to suspend Parliament from early September to mid-October.
The move paves the way for Johnson to follow through on Brexit. The British people voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, but Parliament has sought to thwart the people’s will for the last three years.
Parliament has of course done itself no favors as of late: originally voting in favor of the referendum itself, voting for Article 50 — which notified the EU of the result and intent to leave — voting for the Withdrawal Act, which set leaving in motion, but then rejecting a deal with the EU three times.
The last time Parliament blocked the United Kingdom from leaving with “no deal” (that is, without kowtowing to the EU’s demands), the deciding vote was cast by an anti-Brexit member of Parliament who had just been convicted of lying to the police.
In the parlance of the HBO series “Succession,” the Brexit process had become a “s**t show in a f**k factory,” almost entirely because of Parliament.
Now the queen has allowed Johnson’s administration to “prorogue” Parliament if it wishes. This means the rump of anti-democratic members who have been stalling the process may not sit between Sept. 9 and Oct. 14, and will likely not have enough time to stop a “no deal” Brexit — or even to call a motion of “no confidence” in the prime minister — again.
If this happens, Britain leaves without a deal on Oct. 31.
Such authority is historically sound.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
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Kool move by Boris. HRHQE II is on board.
The wheels and cogs of UK independence are now grindingly on the move!
Ping!
QEII will go down in history as the monarch that killed the EU. God Save the Queen!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The muslim mayor of Londistan must be crying.
Cool move.
Can’t we do the same in the U.S. and have Trump suspend congress for the next 5 1/2 years, and finally get some important ‘chit’ done?
Always worth remembering - the British Empire (or what’s left of it) does not belong to Parliament. It’s the Queen’s *personal* empire and Parliament runs it at her sufferance.
Great news.
God bless Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth!
She’s always been on the Right side of her beloved Country.
Excellent move by Boris.
I’ve always liked the Queen!
Amen!
Me too, and she likes President Trump!
She was a truck mechanic in WWII, She’s the real deal. May she rule many more years with a free and independent Britain.
***Can’t we do the same in the U.S. and have Trump suspend congress***
My thought exactly. I can't remember if there is precedent but Lincoln deported a troublesome congressman to Canada.
Funny thing ... there was this 2017 article
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge
about what would happen in the event of the Queen’s death, this came out (reposted just yesterday, here, on Pocket)
right before this most recent news item. Wishful thinking on someone’s part? Hoping that Brexit would be stalled by the monarch’s death?
It could be we are seeing a result of Steve Bannon's tactics.
Perhaps this was one of the issues Trump and the Queen discussed, and a reason they seemed to get along so well!
Truck mechanic? Best queen ever!!
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