Johnson suspends parliament!!!!!!!!!

@plungesponge
A Englishman a Irishman & a Scotsman walk into a bar. They all left because the Englishman wanted to!! 🤷‍♀️

@plungesponge Praying that you're right.

@Harriet03 😂😂

@Harriet03 😅

@SW-User Exactly. Monetary policy would be set down south.

@thatscottishguy the then UK government (Osborne) said he wouldn't agree to monetary union. If Scotland went independent then having a monetary union seems a bit against spirit of taking back control.

@SW-User Well he was talking out his arse (what a shock) and for us to be denied a currency that we actually used before you would be ridiculous. As I said though I don't want the pound and neither do the SNP anymore so it's fine.

@jomsim that's exactly what he's doing... Welcome to dictatorship by stealth

@Northwest She will (usually) act on the advice of her Prime Minister, but is not obliged to do so. Declining her Prime Minister’s advice is unusual, but not political.... she need not bend to advice of any sort, although she will usually consult her Privy Council.

She is, after all, the Head of State, and the Parliament sits at her pleasure.

The Queen once dismissed the Australian Prime Minister and the entire Parliament.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/10/01/australia-had-a-government-shutdown-once-it-ended-with-the-queen-firing-everyone-in-parliament/?noredirect=on

@newjaninev2 Britain does not have a written constitution, and the Queen, while not obliged to, has not taken a political action on her own.

The 1975 incident, was carried out by the Governor-General, who, is appointed by the Queen, on advice of her Prime Minister. The Governor-General, gets his marching orders, from the Prime Minister. The WP's headline, while technically correct, is misleading.

To my knowledge, the Queen has always acted on advice of her Prime Minister. This is what keeps this charade going.

@Northwest The Governor-General is appointed by the Queen. She may, [i]if so inclined,[/i] give the government that role, but is in no way obliged to do so. That first happened (here in New Zealand) only in the 70s. The Governor-General is the Queen’s representative, and acts solely with her authority. For example, if Parliament makes a new law, it does not become law until the Prime Minister goes to the Governor-General and obtains what is, in effect, the Queen’s signature (this is known as the Royal Assent). If she refuses her assent, that law is placed aside as if it never happened.

Of course, there is a long tradition of the Queen being ‘hands-off’, but that is merely tradition, and can be swept aside at any time that it pleases Her Majesty to do so. Underneath the smiling face of democracy, her power remains absolute... as the British are now learning. Parliament, taxation, police, currency, the armed forces, the courts, etc all operate under, and with, her authority.

That sweet little lady is, in reality, a Godzilla in disguise. Occasionally she drops the disguise and destroys a few skyscrapers, but as you have indicated, she tries not to do so, because then the general public start saying ‘hey, wait s minute, what’s going on here?'

@SW-User I feel like I truly know what that Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times" means now.

@SW-User I don`t live in England and know enough about Farage to say NO! 😅

@Degbeme I love how an ex city of London broker a man who's manipulation of markets to make himself money at the expense of many people's livelihoods somehow is marketed as the non-establishment man of the people.... Like... Seriously? Great marketing you have to say but why can't people see through it.

@SW-User You know as well as I do. Bullshit baffles brains.

@hippyjoe1955 True.
However the max is 10 days. Not nearly 5 weeks!!
At the very least, this is a power grab.

@Harriet03 Prorogation here in Canada is 40 days in length but several of them can be strung together. The only limit is that parliament must meet at least once in the year. It can be used to shut down a nasty opposition or it is simply clearing the deck for a new direction/focus as it eliminates all the legislation on the parliament's agenda. Not really a big deal. In the case of Brexit the British people already had their say. They want Brexit. For once the parliament should reflect the will of the people as clearly stated in the plebiscite held by the government of the day. The remainers are wrong on this one.

@hippyjoe1955 People were assured it would not be " no deal"

@jomsim I think the EU is belatedly coming round to the view that they may have to renegotiate in order to avoid a no deal exit, which of course they don’t want.

@MartinII Possibly, which is why I dont thinkits a done deal now. But Johnson just needs to stay at the wheel for this to happen by itself. Unless the EU makes a better offer, (in which has he looks like a winner. He will simply allow the matter to resolve itself, and rid the public of the controversy, in which case he looks like a winner. Churchill to the rescue. And like Churchill, I dont expect he will last long after that.

@whowasthatmaskedman Churchill finally ceased to be Prime Minister 10 years after the war - admittedly with a long interval in between!

@whowasthatmaskedman from my point of view we're beyond that

@Sharon She's German after all!!

@CheshireCatalyst Do we have to wait for the revolution to get rid of the ginger numpty?

@jomsim I'm afraid so. His security is too tight as it stands.

@CheshireCatalyst Oh, well. At least we're getting close now!

@Londonguy23 negotiating with who?