A week in Westminster ...
Proceedings in the House achieved a new low this week. Boris Johnson accused Corbyn of being a "Big Girl's Blouse" and a "Chlorinated Chicken". David Cameron was described by the Prime Minister as a "Girly Swot". The "Mogg" was reprimanded for sprawling over the front benches in a contemptuous display of arrogance and self importance.
It had been a tough week for Johnson. Oscar Wilde would be lost for words. To lose one vote is unfortunate. To lose three in two days is much more than carelessness. The Prime Minister lost his majority of one, when Tory MP, Phillip Lee crossed the house to join the Lib Dems.
Neutered in Parliament, the administration decided on the full chop, sacking Tory Rebels including Phillip Hammond, Ken Clarke and Nicholas Soames. The majority of one was reduced to a deficit of forty three with a careless coup. So much for love-bombing opponents. Two chancellors, the father of the house and the grandson of Churchill were thrown out of the Conservative Party. The lights are going out all over Downing Street. Johnson is achieving the chaos in government in just three weeks, to which Theresa May could only aspire in three years.
If Dominic Cummings has a playbook, it must be written in strange tongue. Forced to accept the decision of parliament to postpone the Halloween exit from the EU without a deal, the master stroke was to call for an election. Boris explained ...
"I don't want an election, you don't want an election, he or she doesn't want an election" "We don't want an election. you (plural) don't want an election, they don't want an election".
Amo, Amas, Amat , Amamus, Amati, Amant ...
Johnson declined the verb, Corbyn declined the invitation. It was an invitation to jump into an elephant trap, covered by scant coverings of brushwood and a red flag. Somewhere in the Cummings playbook, there must be an outline of which way the votes would go in a rush to to the polls.
Not everyone will play with the rules. The Prime Minister has explained he would rather be dead in a ditch, rather than ask for an extension from the EU. Resignation is not ruled out in the play book, thrown in jail for failing to follow the ruling of parliament must be in appendix two.
The no deal option is now written into law. Johnson has a deadline to secure a deal by the middle of October. If no deal is secured, the exit is extended to January. The election no one wants may yet take place before the end of the year.
Sound and fury of the hustings, a result signifying nothing may ensue, a hung parliament beckons and off we will go again as the EU looks on ...
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