Are there no depths to which this fascist government will sink in order to railroad through their 'Brexit' plan?
The tone from tory right-wingers seems to have taken on a sinister, new dimension with a threat to abolish the H of L if the occupants there fail to do their 'patriotic duty'. I am sure the absence of a concerted opposition has helped in that regard and while I am supportive of Jeremy Corbyn's attitude to most matters which concern parliament, I believe he is mistaken on not challenging the tories every inch of the way on the progress of this matter.
I believe parliamentary democracy demands effective opposition and to acquiesce in such a momentous, and probably irreversible, decision without safeguards in place, while hiding behind the myth, 'will of the people', is a perversion of the intent behind both democracy and that of a referendum. In that regard, I am conscious of Nigel Farage's statement about how his movement would have regarded such a close referendum result, had the figures been reversed. I think the term was 'unfinished business'.
To allow the matter such easy progress so far has permitted the fascist movement to proceed unchecked and they are now using the kind of language employed in 1930s Germany while they ride roughshod over the remainder of the parliamentary channels.
I have to say that Clive Lewis gained a lot of respect from me over his decision yesterday to resign his Labour front bench position on a point of principle. Conversely, I was disgusted by the leader of the quisling party, Tim Farron, trying to make political capital out of the situation as leader of a party with no discernible policies on anything other than perhaps regaining a seat at the top table in another tory-driven coalition purely to prevent a Labour government. How quickly the public forgets!
Tom