Johnson is ‘planning reforms which would allow ministers to effectively throw out any legal rulings they do not agree with.
This is the mentality of a crime gang which has seized power. Rulers who put themselves above the law are criminals.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
This is the mentality of a crime gang which has seized power. Rulers who put themselves above the law are criminals.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
The Tories say never mind the rules, never mind the law. MPs will be judged by the voters.
But when a government by-passes rules and laws there will be no fair elections.
The rule of law and adherence to democratic norms are as central to democracy as elections.
But when a government by-passes rules and laws there will be no fair elections.
The rule of law and adherence to democratic norms are as central to democracy as elections.
Attlee and Thatcher, both warned that referendums are the tools of dictators and demagogues. We already have the demagogue in the form of Johnson. And it is clear that the Tories see democratic rights and the rule of law as impediments to be curbed or put aside. 
Referendums are used by dictators and demagogues because it allows them to claim to be carrying out the "Will of the People" and so to claim the right to steamroller over normal democratic and legal checks and balances. Brexit introduced this toxic notion into our politics.
The Tory elite have now picked up the fascist logic of the "Will of the People" to promote the lie that democracy is only about votes. It is not. Democracy requires the right to oppose, the rule of law and the right and duty to be informed. Without them votes are empty charades.
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