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I retweet this comment (from a discussion in which I was involved) because it encapsulates a no-holds-barred approach to democratic politics that, if unchecked, will poison our democracy.
Democratic politics isn’t a sports match - or even, accepting the English metaphor - a cricket match. It’s about seeking a way forward that obtains as broad consent as possible, not the imposition by the narrowly winning side of the most extreme interpretation of its narrow win.
Democracies where the winners take that approach very rapidly become failed democracies.
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This is an important point, which the debate on what Johnson would have to do after a vote of no confidence under the Fixed Term Parliament Act hasn’t picked up.
The key point to hold onto is that the effect of s.2(3) and (4) FTPA (legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/14/…) is that the only confidence motion *that starts the ball rolling for a general election* is one worded in accordance with s.2(4): “That this House has no confidence in HM Government”.
But, critically, there is no prohibition on no confidence motions worded differently: they just don’t trigger a general election.
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In the context of the debate about what happens if Johnson loses a vote of no confidence, a reminder that we are already in a constitutional crisis.
Our government has made it clear that it will persist in a policy (no deal Brexit) with fundamental implications for all of us even if a clear majority of the House demands that it use the powers available to it to pursue a different policy.
And it also proposes to use its various powers to control the business of the House and to block legislation with financial implications so as to deny the House the chance to legislate so as to give effect to the will of the House.
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Thread. In my view Steve Peers and Jo Maugham are both right: if it becomes clear within 14 days of a vote of no confidence that an alternative government led by X commanding the confidence of the House of Commons can be formed, the Queen must appoint X, whatever Johnson does.
As Jo says, there is a difficulty in working out quite how that majority signals itself. A motion of the House would make the matter clear but may be difficult to organise. A public document signed by a majority of MPs would also work, though.
If in those circumstances Johnson refused to resign and to advise the Queen to send for X he would be committing the cardinal sin of U.K. politics: he would be forcing the Queen to take a controversial political decision. The Palace would doubtless make that clear to him.
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