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Westminstenders: The Rule of Law

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RedToothBrush · 08/09/2019 14:16

We enter week 2 of what might be considered 'the end game'.

The Conservative Party has made it clear that liberals are not welcome in their ranks. It has become the Brexit Party.

Farage is talking of a pact, though Javid has said no. What would Javid know though, he's only in the Cabinet.

Amber Rudd has resigned. She will run as an independent in an unnamed constituency at the next election. The assumption must therefore be she has been talking to a few people this week about this, though whether that means she is a 'One Nation Tory' independent candidate or simply an independent isn't clear.

Some think that her departure will deal Johnson yet another blow at the polls. Others think as the cabinet members with the worst satisfaction rating amongst tory party members this will be viewed positively by leavers and give Johnson a bounce in the polls.

It been reported that Cummings has overruled Johnson on at least key decisions this week which raises the question of who is in charge and running the show.

Cummings has promised to make us all melt in the coming weeks as he takes a sledge hammer to constitutional convention. He's advised no 10 staff to be 'cool like Fonzies'. A reference to pulp fiction and to happy days. As some have commented if you think about Cummings as some one who has watched too much Tarantino it does make him make a lot more sense.

There are suggestions that Johnson will break the rule of law in refusing to ask for an extension and the No10 have a trick up their sleeve over loopholes. The most obvious thing here being to offer the EU a deal they can't possibly refuse agree too to smear them and to then make it impossible for the EU to agree to an extension which noises out of France seem to suggest anyway.

Tomorrow is going to be interesting...

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JustAnotherPoster00 · 09/09/2019 15:39

Bercow Sad

OhLookHeKickedTheBall · 09/09/2019 15:39

@pickardje

Bercow makes a personal statement:

"At the 2017 election I promised my wife and children that it would be my last. This is a pledge that I intend to keep. If the House votes tonight for an early general election my tenure as Speaker and MP will end when this Parliament ends."

Random18 · 09/09/2019 15:40

Can't blame him

OhLookHeKickedTheBall · 09/09/2019 15:40

Quickly followed by
But John Bercow says he will step down on October 31 if there's not an early election....

Random18 · 09/09/2019 15:41

But hes going before parliament goes totally right wing.

So we can get a decent moderate speaker.

One of the rebels?

FoldyRoll · 09/09/2019 15:42

Oh bless him.

TokyoSushi · 09/09/2019 15:42

Oh Bercow, I will be very sad to see you go Sad

Belindabelle · 09/09/2019 15:43

How lovely naming his wife and children.

prettybird · 09/09/2019 15:43

In tears as he looks up at his wife and family. Glad she is there to witness it.

CrunchyCarrot · 09/09/2019 15:44

sniffle so sad to see Bercow go. I'm welling up.

redavocado · 09/09/2019 15:45

Delurking to ask... what happens next? How's the next speaker chosen?

CrunchyCarrot · 09/09/2019 15:45

Look at those bloody Tories who aren't clapping. Angry

MockersthefeMANist · 09/09/2019 15:45

It's a shoe-in for Lindsay Hoyle. Elanor Laing would be an interesting charoman of ways and means. She is a rightwing Tory and reputedly a Brexiteer.

Bercow is a pompous little sod but cometh the hour cometh the little sod. Three cheers. hipip....

Belindabelle · 09/09/2019 15:45

That gov front bench are a bloody disgrace.

Apileofballyhoo · 09/09/2019 15:46

In tears after that speech from Bercow.

MockersthefeMANist · 09/09/2019 15:46

...the speaker is chosen by the MPs, preferably by acclamation but by a vote if required.

redavocado · 09/09/2019 15:47

Thanks! That's kind of what I thought.

I cannot believe that the Tory front bench stayed seated!

ContinuityError · 09/09/2019 15:48

Apologies if this has already been posted - op ed from the Canadian press:

www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/opinion/editorials/article-how-bad-is-boris-johnson-we-cant-even-find-the-words/?__twitter_impression=true

It starts like this:

We begin this editorial with an apology to you, our faithful readers. In March, we described the Brexit situation, then careening through its third year and nowhere close to resolution, as an “omnishambles.”

An omnishambles is a state of utter chaos, total disorder and perfect mismanagement – which brings us to our apology. If you’ve been paying any attention to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, you know that, in declaring United Kingdom politics to have reached peak shambolic six months ago, we spoke too soon. Oh, did we ever.

It gets better (or worse, when you think it’s how the UK is being regarded in Canada).

Well worth a read.

AutumnCrow · 09/09/2019 15:49

What a moment to see live.

The bloody Tories who wouldn't even applaud politely are a complete disgrace. Pathetic, rude, and very unpleasant.

flouncyfanny · 09/09/2019 15:50

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prettybird · 09/09/2019 15:50

The SNP got told off for applauding back in 2016 and were snootily informed that "it was not appropriate in the HoC #justsaying Wink

But he deserves the applause for his resolute defence of the so called Mother of Parliaments Smile if you ignore Iceland's Thingvellir Wink - in the face of the attacks from, of all groups, Her Majesty's Government Angry

Belindabelle · 09/09/2019 15:52

Definitely feels like a noteable moment in history.

MockersthefeMANist · 09/09/2019 15:52

The SNP were very correctly told off for applauding themselves. Applause is a rare and special thing in the chamber reserved for contributions that rise above party lines.

CrunchyCarrot · 09/09/2019 15:52

After 10 years of service the front bench of Tories can't even dignify that with recognition? Wow. Hmm

Yes I don't want a ban either Fluffy!

CrunchyCarrot · 09/09/2019 15:53

Hilary Benn - go on my son, you tell them! Grin

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