It refuses to do so because the current PM has shown he can't be trusted to avoid dirty tricks, and if a general election is triggered, it the dissolution of parliament makes it impossible for parliament to exercise oversight of government.
Everyone is preparing for a GE, just not at the time that would play straight into Boris' hands.
> One major political party is now openly saying if they get enough power, they will simply cancel Brexit entirely. Labour is not far behind.
And if they do get into power, the voters will have given them a mandate to do so. A core pillar of democracy is the right of voters to change their minds, or we'd just have one single election and be done with it.
> The Speaker has given up the traditional role of political neutrality.
The speaker has kept trying to ensure parliament can exercise it's constitutional role despite government attempts to play games. His role is to ensure Parliament functions, not to protect government from scrutiny.
> At all levels British democracy is in outright collapse. This is not due to actions of Leave supporters or campaigners, but rather due to coordinated efforts by people who are ideologically committed to the EU and who are willing to destroy any institution, tradition or constitutional procedure whatsoever in their efforts to do so.
This is pure fantasy. It is in collapse thanks to a government attempting to use dictatorial methods to avoid parliamentary oversight by hoping that people would so blindly adhere to convention as to sleepwalk right into a massive abuse of power.
> How can people respect their government when they see politicians so openly doing U-turns on their own position the moment they won an election, when they see those same politicians refusing to allow new votes except for those they've rigged so leaving can never win?
None of them ran on no deal, so nobody should be surprised they are fighting tooth and nail to avoid a no deal that voters have not voted for.
It refuses to do so because the current PM has shown he can't be trusted to avoid dirty tricks, and if a general election is triggered, it the dissolution of parliament makes it impossible for parliament to exercise oversight of government.
Everyone is preparing for a GE, just not at the time that would play straight into Boris' hands.
> One major political party is now openly saying if they get enough power, they will simply cancel Brexit entirely. Labour is not far behind.
And if they do get into power, the voters will have given them a mandate to do so. A core pillar of democracy is the right of voters to change their minds, or we'd just have one single election and be done with it.
> The Speaker has given up the traditional role of political neutrality.
The speaker has kept trying to ensure parliament can exercise it's constitutional role despite government attempts to play games. His role is to ensure Parliament functions, not to protect government from scrutiny.
> At all levels British democracy is in outright collapse. This is not due to actions of Leave supporters or campaigners, but rather due to coordinated efforts by people who are ideologically committed to the EU and who are willing to destroy any institution, tradition or constitutional procedure whatsoever in their efforts to do so.
This is pure fantasy. It is in collapse thanks to a government attempting to use dictatorial methods to avoid parliamentary oversight by hoping that people would so blindly adhere to convention as to sleepwalk right into a massive abuse of power.
> How can people respect their government when they see politicians so openly doing U-turns on their own position the moment they won an election, when they see those same politicians refusing to allow new votes except for those they've rigged so leaving can never win?
None of them ran on no deal, so nobody should be surprised they are fighting tooth and nail to avoid a no deal that voters have not voted for.
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