In the last
week, we have seen the most bizarre happenings in the house of commons and
within the government that I recall seeing.
This parliament
has only has 5 sitting days since summer recess, and not long before they did
return, the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, or as I shall now call him,
#BrexitBabyPM, sought with only 3 Privy Councillors to have Parliament Prorogued
in the longest prorogation in modern political history, and is definitely the
one of the most irresponsible of all time.
Also we have
seen the Prime minister in Parliament today, refuse to seek an extension to
Article 50 as is required by the European Union Withdrawal Act (2) 2019 which
was passed by Parliament on Friday, and was given Royal Assent this afternoon,
therefore becoming Law, under specific circumstances which are set out in the
Act. All of this has been in the news recently.
The
#BrexitBabyPM has tried to act like a Dictator, and force through votes and
vote down motions like trying to force a General Election, and tried to vote
down the Humble Address on the Publication of Yellowhammer and Prorogation
Documents. Which should already be a matter of Public record, but the baby is trying
to supress them. All he has done since taking office, is act like a stubborn
toddler throwing a tantrum, and then only got louder when he wasn’t getting his
way, so got rid of the Voices of the People, through Proroguing parliament, so there
is no way to Hold Accountable the Prime minister and Her Majesties Government
until Mid October. Which is something which The Speaker, the Opposition, and
from what I could tell, the Lords and Ladies of Her Majesties Royal Commission to
Prorogue Parliament were not happy, I would say that Bercow, The Speaker of the
commons was livid by his expressions this evening. But No one had the Constitutional
Authority to override this.
I do not blame
Her Majesty for this shakedown of our democracy, and silencing of the people,
as HM could not refuse. Who I do blame is The #BrexitBabyPM for the possibly unconstitutional
attempts, to Shut Parliament down, and to Rip the Voices from the People.
What I would
argue, first of all is for a Second Referendum once and Extension is agreed to
as I believe this to be the only way forward for our Country to move forward
and decide once and for all, as we now know what Brexit looks like and know the
truth now, whether to stay or leave, and I strongly believe we will now vote to
remain.
I also
believe that then once that has taken place the results of that need to be
implemented, THEN and only then, a general Election called. As I believe that
this Parliament still has the mandate to sort Brexit out, and having one before
this is done will not solve anything, and will only serve to make things worse
and messier than they already are.
Then once
this has been resolved, they’re are many constitutional questions which needs
to be addressed. Some of, but not inclusive to, Parliament taking Prerogative
from the Prime minister to request Parliament to be prorogued, and to set the
date of a general election. I would argue that this needs to be in the hands of
the House of Commons, and not the Executive to set, with a 2/3rds majority
vote. Along side the Fixed terms Parliament act. Should make this a fairer
process ad one which is Harder for the executive to silence the voice of a
people.
Also when Parliament
is Prorogued or Dissolved, to set up procedures, that in a national crisis, for
Parliament to have emergency sittings at either the request of the PM or the Leader
of the Opposition, to be made to both speakers of the houses of Parliament, and
to the Privy council, to give leave to this special sitting.
Taking these
powers away from the Crown, would require more power than Parliament has, and
is not something I advocate. But I do advocate that certain Prerogative powers
the PM has over these mattered should be given to Parliament. So that the
events of the last few days cannot happen again.
Also one quick
thing, I am slightly disappointed that John Bercow didn’t refuse to attend the Commission
in all honesty, but I do understand that this would have just made the crisis
worse, and I do welcome his criticism of the events.
These are just
some of my random thoughts of current political events, I have at the moment. I
do have more, and more in-depth ideas. But this is enough for now.
Also suffice
to say that I am livid with the Contempt that #BrexitBabyPM has behaved since
being in office, and the opposition must do everything they can do to show his
true nature to the people, and to do everything in their power to hold him to account
and make things as difficult as possible to leave his heavily weakened by the
PM
I hope and
pray that we emerge from this Crisis with as little pain and wounds as possible,
and that at all costs, we avoid a no deal Brexit. And that at the next general election there be a Labour Majority, or at the least a Labour led
We the People, and the Commons, should not, and Cannot be, Silentced.
