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1/ Trying to get my head around all this and hoping someone (@davidallengreen?) can help.
I'm seeing three options:
1) PM asked Queen to prorogue without stating a reason.
2) PM asked Queen to prorogue for non-Brexity reason.
3) PM asked Queen to prorogue for Brexity reason.
I'm seeing three options:
1) PM asked Queen to prorogue without stating a reason.
2) PM asked Queen to prorogue for non-Brexity reason.
3) PM asked Queen to prorogue for Brexity reason.
2/ Option 1: No reason given.
If in the middle of a time sensitive crisis the PM asked the Queen to shut down Parliament for an unprecedented 5 weeks without giving a substantive reason why, and she said, "sure," without asking a follow up question... that seems like a problem.
If in the middle of a time sensitive crisis the PM asked the Queen to shut down Parliament for an unprecedented 5 weeks without giving a substantive reason why, and she said, "sure," without asking a follow up question... that seems like a problem.
3/ Option 2: Non-Brexity Reason Given
So either the PM lied to the Sovereign or one accepts the politically convenient suspension of Parliament just happened to be called upon for other, non-Brexit reasons, at the exact moment the Prime Minister needed it.
So either the PM lied to the Sovereign or one accepts the politically convenient suspension of Parliament just happened to be called upon for other, non-Brexit reasons, at the exact moment the Prime Minister needed it.
4/ Option 3: Brexity Reason Given
As with Option 1, it seems systemically problematic if a PM with a governing majority in the -40s walked into the Palace and received royal assent for "This legislature keeps legislating and it's bumming me out, can you suspend it?"
As with Option 1, it seems systemically problematic if a PM with a governing majority in the -40s walked into the Palace and received royal assent for "This legislature keeps legislating and it's bumming me out, can you suspend it?"
