Pre-Brexit discussion thread

Have you tried the brexit at Franklin's in Austin? Sublime! You do have to get there pre-dawn though.

 

Everyone has been saying that Boris Johnson is a very charismatic politician so now it's time to prove it. He has gone through a lot to get to power but it will be shortlived.
Will he cling to it until the last second until he is forced out OR will he show some political savvy and call the elections on his own in his own terms?

So far the more time passes, the more inept he seems to be.

He went to Whales to campaign for the byelections but instead of meeting the people waiting patiently in the rain, he just made a short official visit and left without even talking to the farmers who have threatened with acts of civilian disobedience with the upcoming 40% tarrifs on sheep meat that mean their economical catastrophe.

He went to the dam that is about to burst and the near evacuated area, and he tried to pass as an engineer saying that it will hold up.

His new cabinet is full of crazies like Priti Pratel, Liz Truss and Dominic Raab.
He has completely alienated the moderate base, almost like inviting them to vote against him and cooperate with the opposition.
He is going left and right promising spending billions of money and cutting taxes and pays no attention to the financial sector when they tell him they don't have money to spend.

His closest confidantes are people who have even been charged with showing contempt to the Parliament.

So let's see now if he has the balls to call elections on his own or will he wait to the bitter end.

 

I really dunno if this is going to happen.
Watched THE GREAT HACK and now see how the original happened
but
People seem to be having buyers remorse on this

Rocket River

 

Boris Johnson has always been only about Boris Johnson.

Still, he is the lesser evil compared to Corbyn.

 

When is this happening now?

 

There is divide among experts if the queen can sack Johnson when he loses the confidence vote and refuses to resign.
Here is from the UK's guardian :
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...en-sack-boris-johnson-the-experts-are-divided

Here we see another example of the disadvantage of not having a proper consitution written down into laws.

The usual excuse for the UK has been for centuries the same : that they don't have a constitution so they aren't tied down by laws and can innovate on the go.
It took now politicians to be extremely unreasonable pushing the situation to the extreme for the situation to burst from the seams.

What is a democracy without a consitution?
It is a polity without any protection from political tyranny.

Perhaps, it is because the UK's democracy has had it more easy in its history, compared to other countries that had to go through many hardships with dictators, authorative kings , puppet governents etc that it didn't feel the need to protect itself?

I am a simple person without real knowledge of the law and political science and stuff but that's my hypothesis.

In which modern developed country with parliamentary democracy we have a leader, NOT voted by the people, threatening to prorogue the parliament, refusing to resign, to get his way?

How can the UK have the audacity to even judge China with the Hong Kong situation when what is going on right now on their own soil is the same?
It would be nice to assume that the UK will now learn it's lesson and establish a real constitution but that doesn't seem to be even remotely close.

I also blame the citizens of the UK.
A democracy must be protected by the people themselves first and foremost.
You think this thing could happen in France? There would be riots in the streets and Paris would be burned down.

Meanwhile the average Brit just shrugs their shoulders, and try to cope with black humour.
They had it coming and they deserve what happens to them.
Remainer or Leaver you can't just allow an unelected leader to do what he wants against the will of the people.
And the will of the people in a parliamentary democracy is expressed by their elected representatives = the MPs.

 

If it happens, they will get over it, it is not like it was during WWII, it would build character as they say.

 

BoJo lost his mojo.

 

That would teach the coastal brown loving elites a yuge lesson

 

Wrong thread! lol