The rest of the world - sees the Anti-democratic hijacking of Parliament as shameful and disgraceful !
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Yes, proruging for your own means is a disgrace and an insult to the queen
"This is a real threat to democracy around the world "
Governor Phil Grant - Governor of Mississippi
Anything MP’s don’t like constitutionally they have the power to make illegal. The fact that in 400 years they haven’t made this sort of proroguing unlawful suggests they have not up to now treated it as very serious. And that could just be that the major parties in power in the UK just take turn and turn about. Suspicious actions like this tend to be left unlegislated against partly so that today’s opposition can use the same tactics when they become tomorrow’s government.
That was Monday morning, took a few days but the downside was around 20 pips and the upside around 250 - that’s FA
For the TA guys - it is much easier in hindsight, see the hammer at Europe opening time Mon morning on cable (up arrow) - almost sets the scene - but remember it’s TA hindsight.
On the issue of proroguation, John Major as one of the “Prime movers” in the Court case really has no place to criticise - when it is well known and documented that he personally prorogued Parliament for 3 full weeks ! immediately prior to and linking straight into the 1997 General Election - for purely political reasons to evade being questioned in the house about a particuliarly seazy bit of scandal !
"…Perhaps we should give him due credit; after all, Major can speak as an authority on the subject of hypocrisy and prorogation. Sir John Major in his last days as Prime Minister secured a prorogation of parliament on Friday, 21 March 1997 in order to prevent Sir Gordon Downey from tabling a damning report on the Cash-For-Questions Scandal that implicated two Conservative MPs in having accepted bribes in exchange for tabling parliamentary questions on behalf of Harrods’ owner Mohammed Al-Fayed. That parliament was then dissolved on 8 April, and the election occurred on 1 May 1997. Major’s prorogation prevented the tabling of a damning report into Tory Sleaze, but it did nothing to halt the Conservatives’ crushing defeat and New Labour’s landslide victory under Tony Blair – still, it’s the thought that counts. In short, Major has no moral authority whatsoever on the subject of prorogation and has merely exposed his own hypocrisy. But zealotry often flows from hypocrisy and deep-rooted personal insecurities…"
This quote is from here ;
But it s all over the place if you want to check it !
Cheeky sod that he is ! shameful !
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YouGov poll out today show Boris Johnson as more popular amongst the general public now than when he entered No.10 on 24/07. In spite of everything.
Meanwhile the media seem to have given up on asking the public in the street what they think as it seems the only answers they receive are either negative towards all politicians, which fair enough isn’t informative at all, or positive towards Boris Johnson. Shock horror probe!
Emily Thornberry is favourite to be the next Labour leader too………….
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Excellent news from my point of view.
Though maybe John McDonnell would have been my favourite. Followed by Nicolas Maduro.
YouGov place Emily Thornberry as the 29th most popular contemporary Labour politician. 29th! This is looking good.
After Boris likened himself to the incredible hulk, I had to smile when I saw this
https://notthenoobs.com/index.php/topic,5.0.html
There was clearly a very loud demonstration going on outside the gates in Luxembourg, immediately adj. to where the press conference was going to be held. This involved a large number of chanting demonstrators equipped with a PA system etc. There was going to be nil chance of the press hearing any of the politicians’ responses to any questions in that courtyard. It seems the UK delegation requested re-locating to a room within the building, but the Luxembourg officials stated there was not one large enough.
Wasn’t much else Boris Johnson could do. What other national leader would stand opposite a crowd like that? The Luxembourg premier was able to be clearly heard when he made his address as the crowd were clearly not demonstrating against his policies. Big story about a small incident of poor planning by a small state diplomatic staff.
Luxembourg ! “A peaceful little community - tax haven !” - There are some who think those “demonstrators” were shipped in from London. Certainly they werefar too close and aggressive for any thinking person to be happy for their personal safety.
Apparently Banksy has done a portrait of Parliament - to go onsale at SOtheby’s the day before Halloween. - Expected to make millions !
Don’t get me started on that self-absorbed simpleton Banksy.
She and Diane Abbott seem to be having some sort of informal competition on You tube for “Dumbest” !
Yet they hold such high positions………frightening really
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A few words is all we are allowed in the “democratic” EU Parliament
The EU is at least honestly founded on publicly stated principles of eradicating national governments.
None of our own UK administrations have ever been so frank and have always insisted the EU and its predecessors were simply economic co-operatives.
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well you as a government employee - may have known that !
WE as private sector workers did NOT !
Not untill during or just after the 2016 Referendum !
Heath knew it 1974
Major knew it when he refused us a vote - maastricht - 1990’s
WE PLEBS were kept in the dark and fed on “Shyte” (Mushroom management) until just about now !
NO MATE - We’re pissed off at being kept in the dark !
We’re off !
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Apologies mate ! - I missed that bit - You’re quite right and as I said - That is very much a part of what powers our disgust ! ]