'Stop the Coup': Major backlash as Queen suspends British Parliament under Johnson's advice

[malaise]

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2019/08/29/stop-the-coup-major-backlash-as-queen-suspends-british-parliament-under-johnsons-advice/
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With only 63 days left for the scheduled exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the Queen has suspended the parliament under the advice of prime minister Boris Johnson. The Queen has been asked to prorogue the upcoming session of the parliament until October 14, under the pretext that the government needs time to prepare the Queen’s address, which sets the agenda for a new session of the parliament.

This takes out over 20 days or 5 weeks of parliament sittings before the Brexit deadline on October 31, severely limiting the time that legislators will have to debate and decide on the matter, to less than a week. This is the longest period of prorogation in the history of the British parliament. In response, the government has received major backlash for what is widely seen as a veritable coup by the Johnson government to thrust a No-Deal Brexit.

The move was widely anticipated, since Saturday, after a leaked document from the prime minister’s office had revealed the government’s intention to prorogue the parliament for weeks together. The Johnson government, consisting of some of the most hardline advocates of Brexit, has been pushing for an exit without a negotiated deal or a ‘no-deal Brexit’. But a No-Deal Brexit does not have much traction within the parliament, with opposition and many government MPs having publicly opposed such an option.

The move today has prompted two high-profile resignations from the ruling Conservative Party, including Ruth Davidson, the party leader in the Scottish Parliament, and also Lord Young of Cookham, one of the party whips in the House of Lords. Several cases have been filed in Scotland, Northern Ireland and London, against the prorogation, including a case that is being considered by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.

[DFW]

1. It would serve Blustering Boorish Boris right if.....

Parliament would return and hold an immediate vote to rescind the whole Brexit decision.

Then they could hold an immediate no-confidence vote, if he won't resign, and be done with his short, sorry, misbegotten reign as PM.

[sharedvalues]

7. Same rightwing plutocrats fund Brexit and fund Trump

Rees-Mogg’s dad was in on the founding of Newsmax
Mercer funded Breitbart here and Cambr Analytica there
Murdoch speaks for himself
Koches funded Leave campaigns
Then take all the billionaire-owned and funded rightwing media lying to white people here about minorities and immigrants and the billionaire-owned media there lying to white people about English sovereignty and immigrants.

And greedy fools with no scruples like Johnson and Trump and McConnell and Farage try to get while the getting is good. But they’d be no one without rightwing money.

It’s the same playbook. The rightwing plutocrats are the problem.

[Glorfindel]

2. Her Majesty really had no choice....it's a case of "damned if you do, damned if you don't"

The responsibility lies with the ministers.

[malaise]

3. It's not about choice

She has no such power - she is only a ceremonial Head of State

[Glorfindel]

4. Oh, if ONLY we could say the same thing about *tRump

It was a major mistake of our founders to combine the offices of head of state and head of government into one person...MAJOR mistake.

[malaise]

5. +1,000

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Yes, I've always thought that.