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The things they say (2):

30/08/2019 09:42 / Leave a comment

Nicky Morgan in June:

You cannot say you are going to take back control … and then go: ‘Oh, by the way, we are just going to shut parliament down for a couple of months, so we are just going to drift out on a no deal.’

Nicky Morgan Thursday:

I’m a member of the cabinet, I fully support the prime minister.

The things they say (new series) (1):

30/08/2019 09:35 / Leave a comment

In a Scottish court yesterday a government lawyer, though rightly arguing that Johnson’s proroguing of Parliament was not unconstitutional, uttered the following words about the process in which the queen is constitutionally obliged to follow the advice of “her” prime minister:

It’s the act of the sovereign herself exercising a privilege which is hers alone.

That’s some privilege. The privilege to do as she’s told!