08-29-2019, 05:24 PM
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Here’s an evening summary of yet another astonishing day in politics:
The former de facto prime minister David Lidington joined those condemning prorogation, describing it as an attempt to gag parliament. “If this had been done by a Labour government, Jacob Rees-Mogg would have been leading the denunciations of it,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
Lord Young quit as a government whip in the Lords over Boris Johnson’s decision, saying it “risks undermining the fundamental role of parliament” in his resignation letter.
Shortly after, Ruth Davidson confirmed her resignation as leader of the Scottish Conservatives. Although she stressed the decision had been made for family reasons, in her resignation letter she acknowledged: “I have not hidden the conflict I have felt over Brexit.”
An attempt was made in a Scottish court to reverse the decision to suspend parliament. Lord Doherty, presiding over the hearing, said he would consider the issue over night and give his ruling at 10am tomorrow.
Defence secretary Ben Wallace was caught on mic apparently admitting the real reason parliament was prorogued. Speaking to his French counterpart at a summit in Helsinki, Wallace could be heard explaining the decision. He said: “Parliament has been very good at saying what it doesn’t want. It has been awful at saying what it wants. That’s the reality. So eventually any leader has to, you know, try.”
Momentum, the pro-Jeremy Corbyn movement, called for street protests and blockades to stop what it called a coup. Laura Parker, the group’s national coordinator, said: “Our message to Johnson is this: if you steal our democracy, we’ll shut down the streets.”
Corbyn said parliament will “legislate rapidly” on Tuesday, when it resumes, to prevent Boris Johnson from suspending parliament and to stop a no-deal Brexit. Speaking to Sky News, the Labour leader described the move as “a smash-and-grab raid against our democracy”.
Here’s an evening summary of yet another astonishing day in politics:
The former de facto prime minister David Lidington joined those condemning prorogation, describing it as an attempt to gag parliament. “If this had been done by a Labour government, Jacob Rees-Mogg would have been leading the denunciations of it,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
Lord Young quit as a government whip in the Lords over Boris Johnson’s decision, saying it “risks undermining the fundamental role of parliament” in his resignation letter.
Shortly after, Ruth Davidson confirmed her resignation as leader of the Scottish Conservatives. Although she stressed the decision had been made for family reasons, in her resignation letter she acknowledged: “I have not hidden the conflict I have felt over Brexit.”
An attempt was made in a Scottish court to reverse the decision to suspend parliament. Lord Doherty, presiding over the hearing, said he would consider the issue over night and give his ruling at 10am tomorrow.
Defence secretary Ben Wallace was caught on mic apparently admitting the real reason parliament was prorogued. Speaking to his French counterpart at a summit in Helsinki, Wallace could be heard explaining the decision. He said: “Parliament has been very good at saying what it doesn’t want. It has been awful at saying what it wants. That’s the reality. So eventually any leader has to, you know, try.”
Momentum, the pro-Jeremy Corbyn movement, called for street protests and blockades to stop what it called a coup. Laura Parker, the group’s national coordinator, said: “Our message to Johnson is this: if you steal our democracy, we’ll shut down the streets.”
Corbyn said parliament will “legislate rapidly” on Tuesday, when it resumes, to prevent Boris Johnson from suspending parliament and to stop a no-deal Brexit. Speaking to Sky News, the Labour leader described the move as “a smash-and-grab raid against our democracy”.