#prorogation

[thepromisedbride]

Lady Hale, about to announce that the prorogation of parliament was unlawful:

[allthecanadianpolitics]

What is a prorogation of Parliament?

How to make sense of a prorogued Parliament, amid a global pandemic and ethics controversy

The Trudeau government announced Tuesday that it had asked — and received — the Governor General's permission to prorogue Parliament until Sept. 23. Sometimes referred to as a parliamentary reset button, the prorogation will start a new session of Parliament with a new agenda.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the move is a way to address a long-term plan to recover from COVID-19.

But it would also stop committees probing the controversy around the WE Charity student volunteer grant. Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer called Trudeau "spineless" and accused him of "hiding out" amid a political controversy.

Here's what prorogation means, how it's been used in the past and what comes next.

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[thismustbetheblog]

John Bercow walking past the tory front bench when they resume parliament

[thegirlmirage]

Britain’s Democracy Seriously At Risk

Hey so some really bad stuff is going down and I am again using my blog as a platform to make sure people know what. Brexit, as you probably know is the big deal in our politics right now. A quick vote was called to see if we leave the European Union or not, an institution designed mostly to stop Europe from destroying each other a la world wars. The short run up to the referendum was incredibly devisive and the team leading the campaign to leave the EU broke electoral rules on spending. A racist stabbed a member of parliament in broad daylight a week before the vote and then to everyone’s surprise it passed 51% in favour. The Prime minister at the time resigned, and his replacement promised to deal with Brexit, but because removing fifty years of laws overnight is all but impossible, they struggled to do anything and then quit anyway. Now one of the people who arguably spent the most time and money campaigning for the UK to leave, Boris Johnson was basically the only person left in the government, and because party members voted for him, he became the new de facto leader. He did not win a general election, meaning he is essentially the unelected leader of the country. So far he spent all his time travelling around the country praising the police and said that no matter what, we would leave the EU without a deal on Halloween (Yes really). No-deal Brexit is the worst kind of Brexit. The vote leave team did not say this was their intention. There are so many aspects of Britain that are tied to prior agreements with Europe under the EU that they all need to be renegotiated. But we didn’t do any work on that, we just wasted their time asking for things they couldn’t give. If we have a no-deal Brexit we will end up with travel locks, food and medicine shortages, and the government has already said it will enforce MARTIAL LAW if it needs to curb chaos. Now, just over a month away, The Prime Minister has suddenly taken the action to suspend parliament - blocking them from being able to debate Brexit, set laws into motion or even as was already being discussed, remove him from power. THIS IS REALLY BAD!! Even if, somehow, you still believed in Brexit or even no-deal Brexit, this is resoundingly bad. If Parliament can just be suspended to prevent stopping an unelected Leader of the Country, everything we have in place to support our democracy is at risk. This is deliberate to force his agenda against accountability and keep him in power. And on top of everything as we crash out of the EU without so much as a deal there will be chaos and he may very well call martial law.

[rbrtsmith]

[itspointydumbass]

Prorogation was null, void and of no effect.

I've not been so happy in MONTHS.

[probablyangypolitics]

Boris Johnson’s entire image as PM is that he’s the champion of the will of the British public standing up to a corrupt and self-serving Parliament that holds the opinions of the British public in contempt.

It’s building on the frustrations of people that politicians don’t care about them, and Boris has used that to cynically craft his image such that this unprecedented and disgusting prorogation of Parliament at a time of deep political and national crisis can be justified as himself trying to stop Parliament from suspending the democratic will of the electorate regarding Brexit.

It’s no coincidence that the people on my social media feeds that I’ve seen most praising Johnson are the exact people who even a year ago were openly saying they don’t vote because politicians are all the same and never listen to anyone.

It’s as obvious as it is fucking disgusting. There is no mandate for a No Deal Brexit, no matter what Johnson, Farage and their rich cronies have managed to convince people they actually voted for when they voted Leave.

Parliament’s job is to legislate in the wellbeing and best interest of the citizens of this country. Their job is not to be held hostage by the fanatical whims of a slim minority of extremists.

[ceevee5]