The Fixed Term Parliament Act of 2011 was of course, like much else exported from the Westminster Village, a misnomer.
The problem outlined below (the Tories ruling on stolen time) would disappear if we made a simple reform along US electoral (Presidential & Congressional) lines rather than bleating about 'a Parliamentary System is different.'
Simply fix all dates for future General Elections and stick to them +
My apologies to you all. While I was being sarcastic about PM Netanyahu being "so apologetic", listening to his soundbite again I twigged that Netanyahu's words were not even a pseudo-apology.
It was an excuse.
It was 'It's war; shit happens; get over it.'
Even 'friend of Israel', #LBC's Nick Ferrari today distanced himself, saying he's a 'friend of Jewish people', now painting himself a 'critical friend' of the Israeli govt.
As today our Second-Past-The-Post Prime Minister Rishi Sunak acts out the next scene in his performative tragi-comic melodrama entitled 'Stop The Boats', I am still seething at last night's #C4News report.
Our Home Office is currently granting asylum to Rwandan nationals fleeing President Kagame's repressive regime while Sunak is legislating to assert, ipse dixit, Rwanda is a 'safe country' to which we should transport our own asylum seekers.
On #LBC Nick Ferrari is wringing his hands (after washing his hands) at the number of 'illegal immigrants' who are drowning in the English Channel as he supports Second-Past-The-Post PM Sunak's 'Stop The Boats' performance.
Poor Nick has quaffed the #Nastiz' Kool-Aid: they're only 'illegal' cos the #Tories have defined them so. And the traffickers' business would be undercut and the boats stopped if HMG chose to process asylum claims before claimants cross the water.
Nick Ferrari has just admitted on #LBC that he knows nothing about the people crossing the Channel in small boats.
But that doesn't stop him pontificating on the fate of other human beings after admitting, even flaunting, his own ignorance.
I think I know why people prefer their own 'echo chamber' to opening their minds to the viewpoints of the Right-wingers. It's because the Right spout evil nonsense...
Is it morally wrong to offer £3000 to failed asylum seekers to be transported to Rwanda instead of being a continuing burden on the public purse? asks this failed government and #LBC's Tom Swarbrick.
Yet another false dichotomy from Rishi Sunak's Nastiz: if refugees cannot be returned home because their safety would be at risk, why not allow them to work here, filling long-standing vacancies and paying taxes.
A caller to #LBC on the subject of James Cleverly depicting the regular peace protests in London as "Mob Rule" starts with "I believe in the right to peaceful protest..."
There is of course a But: "But if the demonstrators are breaking the law..."
Nick Ferrari interrupts: "But they're not [breaking the law] are they - THAT'S THE PROBLEM..."
Anyone else get the feeling Nick's support for the right to protest is conditional on who you are?
I don't vote Labour but perhaps we should turn this around...
Why would you vote for any political party if its candidate has not used an expletive in connection with the IDF's killing of more than 30,000 civilian men, women and children in Gaza and Benjamin Netanyahu's intention to launch a final assault on Rafah, where more than 1m civilians now shelter with their backs to the border wall and the sea?
The Nastiz have now promised to quadruple spending on victim support. From £40m pa to £160m pa. But one victim of detention at gunpoint for eight hours pointed out on #BBCBreakfast that such crimes cost the country £70 billion a year.
Farris, the Minister, was chuffed the Nastiz have done this after taking power in 2010. Others may wonder how high a priority it has been for them if it has taken them FOURTEEN YEARS to even begin to address the issue.
Depressing media pile-on taking place on both Nick Ferrari's #LBC and BBC's #R4Today as we listen.
Why is the conspiracy theory that Netanyahu 'turned a blind eye' to intelligence of Hamas October 7th attack an "anti-Semitic” conspiracy theory"?
If evidence were found confirming the theory, who would be the greater anti-semite - an Israeli leader who failed to defend Jewish people for strategic advantage or someone who questioned his motivation?
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his government borders on fascist; it would be irresponsible not to question the reasons for his demonstrated failure to prevent or react expeditiously to the October 7 atrocity committed by Hamas.
History suggests the response that it is "unthinkable" is untrue, and might be advanced to shield the guilty parties.
I understand the US Congress passed a law requiring POTUS to hold a vote in Congress to approve any military action the President takes.
Perhaps our UK Parliament should pass a similar law requiring the Prime Minister to hold a vote in the Commons within 60 days of taking lethal action or call a GE.
Especially apposite given that Second-Past-The-Post PM Rishi Sunak has never won a General Election and has no mandate for war.
While 'Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied' applies to the Post Office Horizon Scandal and any measure that speeds up financial and reputation redress for innocent and wronged Sub Postmasters, the prospect of Parliament legislating to quash convictions en masse it raises constitutional questions.
Courts not Parliament dispense Justice. While it not set a legal precedent might it not set a political precedent?
#LBC's Nick Ferrari doesn't like David Cameron. Nick is harping on about how Lord Cameron of Huggahoodie (has HOLAC approved his elevation?) once referred to Gaza as "a prison camp."
That's wrong; prison camps hold those convicted of crimes. Perhaps better to call Gaza an Israeli concentration camp, where Palestinians are punished collectively be they guilty or innocent. Can Palestinians leave Gaza? Emigrate? Move elsewhere in Israel/Palestine?
RT @BBCBreakfast
'It will give you a second chance after your dreams are crushed'
Liverpool & England footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold has told #BBCBreakfast he is launching the 'The After Academy' to support former academy players who don't make it as a professional