Johnson is ‘planning reforms which would allow ministers to effectively throw out any legal rulings they do not agree with.
A government which is above the law is a government which is moving towards dictatorship.
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A government which is above the law is a government which is moving towards dictatorship.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
The UK never developed a true democratic constitution. The powers of the monarch were transferred to Parliament, and in effect were handed to the PM. We already have an over-powerful executive. To add to that excessive power the ability to overturn legal rulings is terrifying.
The UK is not a democracy because of its constitution. It has been a democracy because governments have respected a set of conventions and norms. Since 2016 the Tories have been tearing up these conventions and norms and so have been undermining our democracy.
The Tory assault on the conventions and norms which underpin our democracy has meant the courts have had to rule on matters which until 2016 were decided by long-standing gentlemen's agreements. It is the Tories who are dragging the courts into politics.
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