E.U: Leave or Stay? Your thoughts.

Yeah he's quite capable on his own.

Edit: Supreme Court starts today.

 

The Johnson guide to public speaking -

 

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If there was such a thing as an incompetence meter, it'd explode if it was near downing Street.

 

Meanwhile Johnson appears to have set a new trend...

 

Can't get de-platformed if you never stand on the platformed.

Or maybe they're worried that the next one they stand on will have a trap door and a rope...

 

UKIP does seem to cycle through its leaders pretty fast... perhaps the stage should just have a travellator across it so successive leaders can scroll past the lectern with ease.

 

Maybe we can install one in Number 10 too.

 

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Were they for a delay, or for the ditch?

 

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2350831648370366

There are no press here...

Then who are the guys with cameras stood over there?

 

Another government member is surprised. Le sigh.

Boris Johnson 'surprised' by level of Irish border checks

 

The man could be in a half-full teaspoon, with water wings, and still be out of his depth...

 

Having been listening to the various arguments in court I have a horrible sinking feeling that HMG are going to win this one.

It doesn't hinge on why Bojo suspended parliament, it's about whether he has the right to do so and whether he followed the correct procedure. Self interested lying scumbag acting for all the wrong reasons he may be, but I haven't heard a compelling argument that he has broken the law as such. Maybe they'll surprise me.

 

One can never predict how these things will go... As you say it's seldom about what's right, only what's legal. And even where it's not legal, the court does not necessarily have the ability to do anything about it.

...there is also nothing the govt doing/trying it again with the 'right' reasons.

 

To vastly oversimplify: the government's argument is "there is no law on how prorogation can be used, and here are some examples of it being wielded as a political tool in the past so we can do whatever we and its fine, and because there's no law it can't be judged by a court (not justiciable)", and the opposing argument is "because there is no law and it has important constitutional implications, it must be justiciable. If only Parliament can make laws, then Parliament actually needs to be in session to do so, so a recall is necessary".

 

You sure they didn't go with the prorogation means prorogation line? Going with the nonjusticiable line sounds like they've got some sort of expert, that can't be right.

 

Sadly this is why I think HMG will win, like Lootboxes the existing law simply doesn't cover it and the supreme court doesn't make the laws, only enforce them. The law doesn't say there must be a recall.

 

From the Supreme Court case:

So even if the Government lost Parliament could theoretically remain closed...