Unlike in the America?
The British lawmakers have demonstrated ‘balls’…..
Johnson now has to dance with his opposition in Parliament….
As a law stopping a no-deal Brexit moved closer to clearing its final hurdle on Thursday, British lawmakers began drawing the battle lines for their next fight: whether, and when, to hold a general election.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was expected to take his call for a snap general election to members of the public on Thursday, with a speech in northern England, as his team worked to frame the law averting a no-deal Brexit as a “surrender” to the European Union.
But Mr. Johnson was upstaged on Thursday by a member of his own family: His younger brother Jo Johnson resigned from Parliament, saying he was giving up his seat because he was “torn between family loyalty and the national interest.”
“It’s an unresolvable tension & time for others to take on my roles,” he said in a Twitter post.
With his Brexit plan stymied, the prime minister sees an election as the only way to create a stable majority for his Conservative Party in Parliament and secure a mandate for pulling Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal governing future relations. Despite his early stumbles, Mr. Johnson is still outpolling his opponents.
Opposition lawmakers say they, too, want early elections, but they have also insisted on having a say over when to hold them. They have so far stopped Mr. Johnson from securing the election he craves, at least for now.
Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, whose votes Mr. Johnson needs to call an election, has said repeatedly that he will not agree to an election until the law stopping a no-deal Brexit is on the books. That way, Mr. Johnson would be denied the wiggle room to, say, schedule an election after the Oct. 31 deadline for leaving the European Union and letting Britain crash out of the bloc without a deal…..
Boris Johnson has said he would “rather be dead in a ditch” than ask the EU to delay Brexit beyond 31 October. [BBC News 20 minutes ago]
But the PM declined to say if he would resign if a postponement – which he has repeatedly ruled out – had to happen.
Mr Johnson has said he would be prepared to leave the EU without a deal, but Labour says stopping a no-deal Brexit is its priority….
During his speech in Wakefield, the prime minister reiterated his call for an election, which he wants to take place on 15 October.
He argued it was “the only way to get this thing [Brexit] moving”.
“We either go forward with our plan to get a deal, take the country out on 31 October which we can or else somebody else should be allowed to see if they can keep us in beyond 31 October,” Mr Johnson said.
He told the audience he hated “banging on about Brexit” but accused MPs of having “torpedoed” the UK’s negotiating position with the EU by voting for a Labour-backed bill designed to block a no-deal exit on 31 October.
However, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the PM of having “no plan to get a new deal”.
The House of Commons rejected Mr Johnson’s plan for a snap election in a vote on Wednesday.
But the government has announced that MPs will get another chance to back this plan next Monday.
The fresh vote on an early election is scheduled just before Parliament is due to be prorogued – or suspended – from next week until 14 October.
Opposition parties are holding talks about how to respond to the prime minister’s call for a mid-October election, amid concern over whether it should be delayed until after an extension has been agreed to prevent a no-deal Brexit on 31 October.
Meanwhile, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has warned Mr Johnson that he “cannot win an election, whenever it comes, if the Brexit Party stands against him”.
However, if they were to make a pact during a general election “with a clear policy, we’d be unstoppable”, he told the BBC.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49598118
The whole Brexit thing IS a shit show ….
Not just Boris…
But the whole thing…
The Brit’s…
The EU….
The whole thing….
And it probably will get worst before getting WORST….
If you look at the video clip, Boris Johnson seems to be aping the U.S. President more and more by the day (who can be the bigger toadie in the sycophancy sweepstakes ?) The P.M. apparently gave his highly-political “die in the ditch” speech in front of a phalanx of uniformed police officers (who of course have no option but to be patriotic wallpaper and appear to give silent assent).
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49598118
Yvette Cooper slams prime minister over ‘political stunt’
[BBC] Labour’s Yvette Cooper has accused Boris Johnson of an “abuse of power” for using a backdrop of police officers in a “political stunt”.
The chairwoman of the Commons Home Affairs Committee said she would write to the Cabinet Secretary and West Yorkshire Police’s chief constable.
The Labour MP said: “For Boris Johnson to make so many police stop their training and work to be part of his political stunt is an abuse of power.
“Police officers and trainees are overstretched and need to be able to get on with their job, not have to waste time listening to Boris Johnson’s political press conference.
“For Boris Johnson to draw so many of them into a long, election-driven event like this is completely inappropriate and it is unfair on the people of West Yorkshire who are entitled to expect that their police are allowed to get on with the job of working and training to keep them safe.
“I am writing to the Cabinet Secretary as well as the West Yorkshire Chief Constable John Robins to ask how this has happened and what guidelines were followed.”
PM accused of ‘abusing police force’s position’
BBC home affairs correspondent tweets
@DannyShawBBC
UPDATE: West Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson (Labour) tells me Boris Johnson has “abused” the police force’s position & says the officers should not have been used in this way, for a “political speech about Brexit”.
https://t.co/mytmAvrvIk
A copper’s professional advice:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDuEklyWwAUbROK.jpg
Hence my reference to ole’Boris as the ‘mini Trump’….
Does this sound somehow familiar?
A chief constable was “disappointed” his officers were used as a backdrop to a speech by Boris Johnson about Brexit.
Thirty-five officers stood behind the prime minister during the speech which was scheduled to mark a recruitment campaign for an extra 20,000 officers.
Mr Johnson was accused of politicising the police by having them present during Thursday’s speech in Wakefield.
Chief Constable John Robins said he understood the speech would be solely about police officer recruitment.
“We had no prior knowledge that the speech would be broadened to other issues until it was delivered,” the West Yorkshire Police chief said on Friday.
“I was therefore disappointed to see my police officers as a backdrop to the part of the speech that was not related to recruitment.”
Speech ‘hijacked’
Although the speech in Wakefield focused on police funding, it also referenced a possible general election with Mr Johnson stating he would “rather be dead in a ditch” than delay Brexit.
Mark Burns-Williamson, West Yorkshire’s Labour police and crime commissioner, said the visit which should have been about plans for police recruitment was “hijacked” by Mr Johnson.
He added: “The news of the recruitment drive and the acknowledgment of how officers and staff have suffered with austerity was completely lost because he was only interested in getting his own agenda across.
“There is no way police officers and staff, who clearly thought it would be all about police recruitment announcements, should have formed a backdrop to a speech of that nature.”
John Apter, chairman of the Police Federation for England and Wales, said: “I am surprised that police officers were used as a backdrop for a political speech in this way.
“I am sure that on reflection all concerned will agree that this was the wrong decision and it is disappointing that the focus has been taken away from the recruitment of 20,000 officers.”
Paula Sheriff, MP for Dewsbury and Tracy Brabin, MP for Batley and Spen, have written to the chief constable about Mr Johnson’s visit.
“We’ve asked him a number of questions including about whether the officers had the option about whether to be there during that visit, which was clearly hijacked, and also what was the cost of that visit to the public purse,” Ms Sheriff said.
Shortly before Mr Robins’ statement was released, Downing Street defended Thursday’s visit to the force’s operations and training complex.
A Number 10 spokeswoman said: “The PM’s long-planned visit was highlighting a national recruitment campaign for 20,000 new officers which has been welcomed across the police service.”
“It gave the PM an opportunity to see first-hand the outstanding training which new recruits receive and to meet those who have committed their lives to keeping us safe.”
Earlier on Thursday, Mr Johnson took part in walkabouts in Leeds and Wakefield where he was approached by a member of the public who shook his hand before politely asking him to leave his town.
The encounter led to the the hashtag PleaseLeaveMyTown trending on Twitter.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-49605966
The mini Trumpster is ALREADY wearing thin for the Brit’s eh?
See how the Tories are Trumpifying by the hour.
Does this Conservative Party Twitter page remind you of anything or anyone?
https://twitter.com/Conservatives
[Delete my previous post where I forgot to add the link.]
The cousin’s , eh?