By causing the media to mention David Alton, the lifting of Chinese sanctions reminds us of the sheer gall of the pro-death movement in complaining that the Assisted Suicide Bill had been filibustered.
Today in the House of Lords, the Government Chief Whip emphatically ruled out the Government's taking up that Bill if the Parliament Act were invoked, as has never been done in relation to a Private Member's Bill, and which Lord Falconer would have no right to do.
In any case, Falconer offered to amend that Bill on the same day as he had made that empty threat. Falconer's offer was of amendments that Kim Leadbeater had also promised, but had never tabled.
There are rules about citing either House in the other, but Falconer's attempt at bullying was made on the Today programme. In the House of Commons on Monday, a Point of Order would be in order.
Falconer is still booming "Do you know who I am?"
ReplyDeleteAnd we are all still answering, "No, but Nurse will tell you if you ask her."
DeleteWe in Reform are shaping foreign policy without even being in power-as it’s revealed Nigel Farage’s lobbying of Trump helped scupper the Chagos Surrender Bill.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.politico.eu/article/nigel-farage-donald-trump-chagos-deal-british-government/
If you believe that.
Delete“If you believe that.”
ReplyDeleteIt’s a fact, admitted to by those inside the Foreign Office. As Politico reports, quoting British diplomatic sources (Farage’s lobbying of Trump on Chagos deal riles UK government) : “British diplomats are now racing to ensure the U.S. won’t stand in the way of London’s plan. Washington has for months been receiving representations urging just the opposite from Farage — leader of Britain’s populist-right Reform UK party — and a host of other opposition politicians, according to individuals involved in the dual campaign.
The highly unusual gambit has triggered anger inside the Foreign Office, the Ministry of Defence and beyond. And it has raised questions over whether a deal London thought was secure will now be sent back to the drawing board.
“Failing to understand the national security implications of this, while pursuing a deliberate political campaign for individual interests, is incredibly dangerous,” said one senior defense official, who like others in this piece was granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.”
Bless.
DeleteOn topic, please.