I'd like add to your last para Ritchie - I believe that this proroguing "carry on" had been planned and driven by this sinister little special advisor, Dominic Cummings, who is alarmingly reckoned to be a Steve Bannon "disciple". Although Johnson and others within his devious group of disreputable "chancers" will no doubt try to "take some credit" for the idea, of course it was gonna anger all his opponents (he is on record, a long time back, actually condemning the whole idea of proroguing any parliament as archaic but, of course, as we all know - HE IS A HYPOCRITE AND A LIAR AND PROVED IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN!! but the "bigger prize" is to activate a "no deal Brexit" because even if he somehow gained a "watered down version" of May's withdrawal deal, which I don't think would be achievable in Parliament anyway, he knows the Tories would be "slaughtered" by Farage in any forthcoming General Election for non-deliverance of Brexit!! Also I wish no deal Brexit protagonists would cease coming out with "cheap lines" like "just get it over n done with" or similar as though it "it is all over and all is good again????? That is just the beginning of even more angst and consternation that could cover years of negotiation and turmoil - it is a joke and, as usual, no great substance attached to their argument whatsoever apart from a biased "opinion" on a totally unclear/obscure future for the country!! The whole thing is a constitutional nightmare and, coming from a strong European background and part of the majority Scottish vote to remain in the EU, I pray that someone of real standing actually comes to the fore to at least block this desperate attempt to subvert parliamentary democracy, a function that was formally endorsed by the Supreme Court last year in Gina Miller's successful legal challenge against the British govt and their unrestricted authority to impose Brexit. I hope the legal challenges succeed although not greatly confident that it wil happen. If that does not happen then I hope someone unifies all opposition parties in a "no confidence vote" that will defeat this horrible Tory govt that is gonna cause serious problems for the devolved countries and indeed on many regions of England.
Lastly, I must say that it was great to see so many people out on the streets of cities all over the UK demonstrating against this disgraceful piece of political skulduggery but I must also add that we are dealing with an unelected autocratic govt that strikes me as not being a govt team but actually a "campaign team" that is hellbent on desperately "crossing a finish line" and will again ignore massive million+ demonstrations as did May's previous Tory govt. What really irritates me, and I'm sure millions n millions of other UK citizens, is the clear obnoxious and arrogant, dismissive behaviour of Johnson with a similarly minded group of dictatorial associates "preaching" a lotta political bullshit and treating British citizens as though we are all politically "dense" and stupid!! Their arrogance and lack of any humility is "breathtaking" and may I also add DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE POSH ACCENTS THIS TIME ROUND - this is a part of the political class disguise that is not that convincing anyway!! My ideal goal in this whole political chess game is that an end point will arrive when it is finally decided that Article 50 will be revoked. Yep, probably wishful thinking on my part but I definitely think that the status quo should remain in place even though I accept that the country will still be polarised. One may add that in such a chess game, a "stalemate", a political one, is so self-evident that it has been "slapping politicians in the face" for years. Therefore, as normally practised in one of the "referendum capitals of the world", Switzerland, NO CHANGE would have been the preferred decision after "taking stock" of their rules on referenda and favour only given to unanimity and consequently less controversy - well practised and evolved for a very, very long time - I believe their practise spanned well back into the early 20th century.
Lastly, I must say that it was great to see so many people out on the streets of cities all over the UK demonstrating against this disgraceful piece of political skulduggery but I must also add that we are dealing with an unelected autocratic govt that strikes me as not being a govt team but actually a "campaign team" that is hellbent on desperately "crossing a finish line" and will again ignore massive million+ demonstrations as did May's previous Tory govt. What really irritates me, and I'm sure millions n millions of other UK citizens, is the clear obnoxious and arrogant, dismissive behaviour of Johnson with a similarly minded group of dictatorial associates "preaching" a lotta political bullshit and treating British citizens as though we are all politically "dense" and stupid!! Their arrogance and lack of any humility is "breathtaking" and may I also add DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE POSH ACCENTS THIS TIME ROUND - this is a part of the political class disguise that is not that convincing anyway!! My ideal goal in this whole political chess game is that an end point will arrive when it is finally decided that Article 50 will be revoked. Yep, probably wishful thinking on my part but I definitely think that the status quo should remain in place even though I accept that the country will still be polarised. One may add that in such a chess game, a "stalemate", a political one, is so self-evident that it has been "slapping politicians in the face" for years. Therefore, as normally practised in one of the "referendum capitals of the world", Switzerland, NO CHANGE would have been the preferred decision after "taking stock" of their rules on referenda and favour only given to unanimity and consequently less controversy - well practised and evolved for a very, very long time - I believe their practise spanned well back into the early 20th century.