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Aug 28, 2019 6 tweets 1 min read Read on X
Once again while the Remainers spent a lot of time talking to each other, not ruling anything out, keeping options on the table, forming groupings, having meetings, plotting plans and planning plots, they’ve been totally wrong-footed by more decisive opponents
Yesterday it was the Remain Alliance trying to twist the constitution to achieve their ends. Today it’s the Brexit government.
Meanwhile the public will remain baffled
While everyone gets giddy at this unprecedented constitutional move: we need a Queen’s Speech (it’s been more than 2years). Under Labour almost all non-election QSs were in the autumn. All were preceded by a prorogation. Motivation is a different matter, but this is what we do
The prorogation being proposed by the government is about a week longer than the planned 3-week party conference recess.
It is sneaky. It is conniving. It is exploiting executive strength. It has caught opponents off-guard. It reveals a ruthless streak in this No10 that it’s predecessor lacked. But an illegal constitutional outrage it is not
And the people calling this a constitutional outrage wanted to make Ken Clarke prime minister a fortnight ago

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