British judiciary try to remove the Prime Minster?
By Winterishere
@thedevilinme (5216)
Northampton, England
September 25, 2019 5:05am CST
The Supreme Court have ruled that the Prime Minister was wrong to close parliament for 5 weeks. The court say he did it to stop debating Brexit. He shut the shop down for five weeks but today the MPs had to return to work. We hope they will debate Brexit and pass some laws to get Brexit closer but we all know they will continue delaying making the decision to avoid the ire of their voters, what the three-year delay has always been about.
SO was the law working to stop Brexit wit this ruling? If the UK voted 'Remain' 52/48 back n 2016 and 'Leave' and Boris had got us to this point to try and overturn Remain over the last three years, would we be having this court case? Probably not.
Blair didn't get as much as a parking ticket when he invaded Iraq and the same establishment closed ranks not to prosecute him. This decision feels the same. Sometimes democracy is overruled by the law. I'm pretty sure the majority of the 11 Supreme Court judges back Remain. Democracy is dead and it always was.
The opposition has said they want Boris to resign, which would trigger a General Election they dont actually want, because they would lose badly, according to most polls. So Corbyn now will try to delay the general election so to get ahead din the polls, which isn't going to happen.
Some would say the court case was purely to damage the Prime Minster and not about stopping the debate on Brexit, one that has lasted three years...
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@topffer (42155)
• France
28 Sep 19
I would tend to think that the Italian constitution has been written after WW2 to avoid a new Mussolini-like populist leader, and very well written. In UK what makes together its force and weakness is to not be written. The US constitution is not bullet-proof, give 8 years to Trump and they will have an orange flag with his face on.
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@LadyDuck (502812)
• Italy
28 Sep 19
@topffer The fact that is the actual "left" Italian parties want to "modify" the constitution, they also have modified some parts and this without asking to the people to vote. They did not even asked to the Italians if they wanted to be part of the EU, you were called to vote to express your opinion. I think that Democracy made many steps back in Italy.
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@topffer (42155)
• France
28 Sep 19
@LadyDuck The last one who tried to modify our constitution by referendum was de Gaulle, and it did not worked, he left. Seriously, it should be forbidden, except in Switzerland
. I am satisfied by the 2/3 majority needed in both our National Assembly and Senate to modify the Constitution, it is a guaranty that nothing extreme will be voted.
Speaking of democracy, here a pearl I found today : a letter of the honorable secretary of state for exiting the EU where he tells between the lines that he is negotiating a deal in bad faith and preparing for no deal. Worth an anthology. Followed by a very polite "F*ck you" letter from Barnier. And these are public papers ! Should this guy be sent to the Tower of London, as a majority of Britons and the Parliament are expecting UK to leave with a deal
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. I am satisfied by the 2/3 majority needed in both our National Assembly and Senate to modify the Constitution, it is a guaranty that nothing extreme will be voted.
Speaking of democracy, here a pearl I found today : a letter of the honorable secretary of state for exiting the EU where he tells between the lines that he is negotiating a deal in bad faith and preparing for no deal. Worth an anthology. Followed by a very polite "F*ck you" letter from Barnier. And these are public papers ! Should this guy be sent to the Tower of London, as a majority of Britons and the Parliament are expecting UK to leave with a deal?
Exchange of letters between UK Government and EU Commission on Brexit preparedness
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@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
25 Sep 19
I am very surprised about UK politics at the moment. I think the court case was made to damage the prime minister's popularity. Brexit is meant to be delivered and he isn't up to doing it. The election was in 2016 and not everyone was certain what to vote. Many people didn't bother voting which was terrible. Tony Blair didn't go to prison for all he did to Iraq.
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@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
25 Sep 19
@Gillygirl I voted to stay in the EU and was shocked to see the result the next morning. My children and I were eating breakfast and then we heard that shocking news. There is a lot of news that is not so true.
We visited Hawaii and I was surprised to see a Trump Hotel there. I talked to a Canadian man and he said he has an American friend who teaches at a university. None of his students voted in the USA election. They are all upset when Donald Trump got in.
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@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
25 Sep 19
@Gillygirl I think that voting is necessary. Just imagine if nobody in the whole county decides to vote. Yes, the American students got quite a shock. I hope they learned that it is important to vote.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
26 Sep 19
I had heard that Boris had shut up shop and trying to keep up with that and what goes on over here which is another kettle of fish but more or less the same is a bit trying just a bit anyway.
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
25 Sep 19
Not to remove the PM... not yet.
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@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
26 Sep 19
As was made abundantly clear by Lady Hale, the Supreme Court ruled entirely on a matter of law. The personal views of the judges regarding Brexit had absolutely nothing to do with it.
One of the great benefits of the British judiciary, as against that of the United States, is that it is completely devoid of political bias. Judges are appointed on merit, and not on their politics. That is where the United States goes so horribly wrong.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
27 Sep 19
@indexer
An independent judiciary is tough to find.
In India, as well, many judges are biased and influenced by money.
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
26 Sep 19
watching this from the US it makes me happy. More because it takes the world eye off the US. sorry about that.
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@topffer (42155)
• France
28 Sep 19
@DocAndersen Hmmm, his girlfriend is also an American, and I guess he has a dual citizenship.
, and I guess he has a dual citizenship.@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
28 Sep 19
@topffer raised in London though :-) the influence of NYC is small in that one!
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
26 Sep 19
Somehow I feel that the whole Brexit thing could have been handled more peacefully and without much of the crisis like manner and controversies.
But the current politics doesn't sees a civilized debate between rival parties!
