‘Proroguing is not a government coup’

THE reaction to the Prime Minister’s decision to prorogue Parliament has been very revealing.

Firstly, it is a perfectly legal and traditional way to formally end a session of Parliament and is used on an almost yearly basis.

Secondly, it is not an option which is voted on by MPS, it is the prerogative of Her Majesty the Queen on the advice of her Prime Minister.

Finally, those people who are stating that Parliament is being prorogued for a number of weeks are being disingenuous to say the least.

Parliament meets up for a short period of time in September before it goes into recess for at least three weeks because of party conferences.

Therefore, in reality, the proroguing is actually for only five or six days.

What the proroguing of Parliament has actually done is to expose the hypocrisy and hysteria of the antidemocratic remain MPS and sections of the liberal elite.

From the moment the result of the referendum was known, they have deliberately and maliciously used every arcane and obscure parliamentary procedure and legal obfuscation to prevent the Government from enacting the people’s decision.

Yet when the Government uses a legal parliamentary procedure, they become hysterical and say it’s a ‘constitutional outrage’ and, even more ridiculously, a ’coup.’

Of course, the fact that Mr Corbyn’s meeting with opposition politicians to prevent no deal took place at the very moment the Prime Minister was at the G7 conference meeting with EU leaders and other heads of state is much closer to a coup, is completely lost on them.

Indeed, let’s examine this in detail. The Prime Minister has made it clear that he wishes to secure a deal which is beneficial both to the UK and the EU. However, the deal which includes the contentious Irish backstop was defeated three times in Parliament due to MPS, including many of the remain MPS, voting against it. Therefore the deal needs to be amended.

However, if the EU is unwilling to address this, the UK will leave without a deal.

There have been signs in the EU that they are willing to enter a dialogue as they wish to avoid no deal as much as we do. The use of no deal in the negotiations has proved to be a significant measure in focusing attention.

However, right at this crucial juncture, Mr Corbyn, for selfish party political reasons, has actively undermined the UK government in public by convening a meeting of remain MPS and parties to try to push through legislation to prevent no deal and to place himself in 10 Downing Street.

This is the constitutional outrage, this is more akin to a coup then any action by the Prime Minister.

It merely allows the EU to sit back on its hands and wait for these people to do its dirty work for them.

Over the last three years, many who voted to leave have watched in dismay as politicians, in defiance of their own parties’ policies and the manifestos upon which they have been elected, have sought to undermine and reverse the referendum result. The moment that the Government is, as it were, on the front foot, remain MPS and hard core remain supporters have reacted with unwarranted vitriol, vexatious and spurious litigation and, most worryingly, encouraging demonstrations that border on deliberate civil disobedience.

The mantra espoused by these MPS is that they are acting in the public interest. They are not.

In fact quite the opposite. They are damaging the UK economically, socially and politically and, shamefully, they know it. It is the result of arrogance, hubris and base party political gamesmanship.

It is the British public that should be outraged that Parliament has failed to deliver leaving the EU and, even at this late juncture, it is sections of Parliament again deliberately, maliciously and publicly undermining the UK.

I’m sure that many, including both those who voted leave and remain, simply want the job done so we can get on with our lives. It is the actions of the remain MPS, sections of the liberal metropolitan elite and their activists that are preventing this. That is the constitutional and political outrage. Simon Evans Endon