Posted on 09/04/2019 7:43:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's loss of his Tory parliamentary majority, done very theatrically by the British equivalent of RINOs, just as he was speaking to parliament, was billed as a disastrous defeat for his Brexit agenda. Brendan O'Neill at Spiked wrote this:
Tonight’s vote by MPs to seize control of the parliamentary agenda in order to prevent a No Deal Brexit is not, as they claim, a wonderful assertion of parliamentary sovereignty against a dictatorial executive led by Boris Johnson.
No, it is an assertion of the political elite’s arrogant authority over the people. If MPs have seized power from anyone this evening, it is from us, the public, the millions who voted to leave the EU. This isn't parliament vs the executive – this is parliament vs the people, and it opens up one of the greatest, most troublesome constitutional crises of modern times.
He's right, of course. And Johnson himself understood the implication, tweeting this yesterday:
Jeremy Corbyn wants to cancel the referendum and argue about Brexit for years. I am committed to leading our country forward and getting Britain out of the EU by October 31st #LeaveOct31 — Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) September 3, 2019
Because yes, if thing stand as they do now, delays will go on into eternity, each deadline pushed back, and an exit from the European Union impossible. The EU, of course, will notice this and just keep throwing up a wall of resistance to a deal to ensure that Britain stays, like it or not, or else keep moving the goalposts - into eternity. When delays are endless, what an opportunity. These useless satraps have nothing better to do, after all. They like the pounds flowing in.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The MPs who joined the LibDems is more conservative than Johnson.
Philip Lee did not vote with the rest of the “conservative party” to legalise gay marriage. Remember, the conservative government legalised gay marriage.
The British PM can’t call for a general election without the consent of two thirds of the house of commons.
That is after the 2011 fixed term parliament act put in effect by the Conservatives themselves
Well those predictions are coming true, so no need for them to be called predictions any more
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