Thursday, October 31, 2019

British Rule of Law Hangs in the Balance

Brexit is again delayed. This time to the end of January.

What is the point of establishing deadlines that are put off? It has been over three years since the British people voted to leave the European Union. Yet Britain remains locked in the EU.

The EU has punished Britain for daring to want to leave. And Parliament has refused to leave.

And Parliament had refused to hold a new election through the normal procedure. Thus hoping stalemate and the perception of chaos will get a clear majority of the people to clamor for salvation from Brexit. Even though Brexit isn't the problem--the opposition to Brexit is the cause of the delays and perception of chaos.

Now there will be a new election to get a Parliament that will actually leave:

After three failed attempts to pass a normal election motion, which requires the support of two-thirds of MPs, Johnson on Tuesday took an alternative path.

He introduced a bill to legislate for an election -- a method which required only a simple majority, and passed by 438 votes to 20.

"We are left with no choice but to go to the country to break free from this impasse," he had told MPs.

A newly elected parliament would have a "new mandate to deliver on the will of people and get Brexit done", he said.

Or, if the Remainers and EU get their way, a Parliament that will kill rule of law by reversing the Brexit vote--which Britain's rulers said would settle the issue once and for all. Until the people voted to leave the EU.

Now the Remainers conspire with the imperial lords from the continent. Which will be a nice warning to any other smaller country that wants to escape the crushing embrace of the proto-empire before Brussels can erase that prefix and forever forbid exit by theoretically sovereign countries.

I wish the British good luck. On Brexit and their rule of law.

UPDATE: Yes, the difficulty of achieving Brexit should be all you need to know to support Brexit.