Roger wrote:
On Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 7:42:35 PM UTC+2, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Don't be silly. If there were an election tomorrow, none would have an
absolute majority. Why this parliament won't allow one, until Brexit is
sorted.

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An election launched now would still have a new government in place before the deadline;

I dont think thats correct. Im sure Ive read recently that, due to
logistics involved in legislating for and arranging an election, and also a
minimum (25 working day??) campaign period, an October election ceased
being a possibility a week or so ago, during the time that Parliament was
supposedly prorogued. BoJo quite badly shot himself in the foot over it;
apparently his and Doms presumption was that Corbyn would jump at the
chance for an early election and didnt consider that he would refuse it.
By the time the penny dropped, it was too late to walk back on prorogation.


even more so if the had done it when Boris requested.

Likewise parliament could have thrown the government out straight away,
as they were planning to do in the week before parliament reopened.

Anybody who thinks labour are acting in some sort of virtuous manner to
save the nation needs a good dose of political realism. It's nothing more
than a political power game, and the rest of the country are footing the bill.


Labour are doing what Labour should be doing; destroying their enemy.

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