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#Yeah let's just block the debating of a motion of no confidence in the Prime Minister
the-busy-ghost · 2 years
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How does he fucking manage it
#Who the hell does he think he is#Yeah let's just block the debating of a motion of no confidence in the Prime Minister#A motion of no confidence the Tories were fully expected to win by the way#As usual the man in number 10 thinks he's above the rules and conventions that everybody else respects#And his team have found a loophole as ever so that he doesn't have to bother#The fucking GALL of the man#Nothing to gain except the further erosion of the conventions and traditions of British democracy#Or at least whatever passes for it nowadays#Unless they were really THAT scared of their own MPs voting against them#Tory whips say the motion fell outside normal convention because the PM was singled out#When exactly has this government EVER cared about convention#They are the poster children for 'Oh but it's not TECHNICALLY against the rules so it's OK'#Utterly blase#Call me old-fashioned but as much as I would like Scottish independence I think that those in Westminster#who claim to want to STAY in Westminster#Should observe the traditions and parliamentary conventions of that place#ESPECIALLY if their name is the 'conservative' party and they like to go on and on about British democracy#I could understand if they thought the rules needed changing but no they're just massive hypocrites who think the rules don't apply to them#Frankly disappointed that Lindsay Hoyle isn't hammering on the door of Number 10 with a horsewhip right now#But I suppose that wouldn't be in accordance with parliamentary convention either WHICH EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO RESPECT#Except Boris apparently who thinks he's some kind of president#Government has way too much control over the house and its timetable but I understand that's the rules#However even if it IS their prerogative to deny time for the debate#Doesn't change the fact that if the Tories were (as thought) so likely to win the motion of no confidence#why have they been too cowardly to allow it to be debated#Chickens didn't want to be exposed as siding with Boris to their constituents but also wanted to stay in power
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