“The PM should be able to appoint whoever he wants as a minister & there's a very simple mechanism I think for doing this. You whack them in the House of Lords then you give Lords greater audience in the House of Commons.” #Cummings, 2014.
In June @jnpowell1 called this “a coup”
“This looks like the beginning of a rolling coup. It starts with the civil service then moves on to the judiciary & the BBC,” writes Jonathan Powell.
Don’t be distracted by the many decoys.
This is a highly-organised, well-funded, heavily-disguised coup.
independent.co.uk/voices/boris-j…
The road to authoritarianism:
1 degrade media
2 neuter civil society
3 undermine rule of law
4 Do it "for the people”
Journalists are nervous
Editors are nervous
Civil servants are nervous
The judiciary are nervous
MPs who can see what is happening & don’t like it, are nervous
But this so-called “rolling coup” has not only just begun.
#SteveBannon described #dominiccummnings as “a brilliant guy. I think Cummings is very smart where he puts his efforts. What I like about him is he has the ability to focus on the main things.”
theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
Most previously non-partisan govt posts are being filled by political appointments, many of whom worked on Vote Leave
With few formal constraints on politicians willing to ride roughshod over conventions, Britain’s unwritten Constitution looks v fragile.
politico.eu/article/uk-pri…
As well as praising Cummings, Steve Bannon said in 2018: “Boris Johnson is one of the most important persons on the world stage”
They met properly after Trump’s victory & he says he’s been in direct contact w @BorisJohnson @michaelgove & @Jacob_Rees_Mogg https://t.co/yXMk8PIxps
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