General Chat

nuts I don't have the time, my post was based on what I may or may not have known but certainly what I thought.
Did you not do civics at school ?

suggested reading: "putsch, beer hall"
which of course resulted in a nice comfy office in the Landsberg for Adolf Schicklgruber and time to wite "Mein Kamf"

history tends to repeat itself with variations.

I didn't do civics. Did anybody?

Is nobody else wondering what sort of threat Nigel Farage might pose? Another opportunist who exploits weakness for his own end.

I like the way Nigel speaks. No weasel words.

Clarity at all times - whether I agree or not.

The UK needs and deserves a 'new politics' for the very obvious reason that the old ones have been a catastrophic failure.

Dermot, Farage is ALL "weasel words". Saying something in words of one syllable doesn't make it true, any more than liking a pint makes him "a man of the people".

@ Dermot

"The leak has led some pro-Brexit politicians to call for Darroch to be sacked. Speaking to the BBC’s Today programme, Nigel Farage, the Brexit party leader, said the incident showed the need for “major civil service reform” and a purge of senior ranks to install officials more sympathetic to Trump and to Brexit."

isn't that what all dictators say? that only someone who is 'on their side' can be in any position of authority? :-P

Sometimes democratic elections produce unwelcome & unexpected results.

Especially when those elections are fixed.

"Federal elections were held in Germany on 5 March 1933, after the Nazi seizure of power on 30 January and just six days after the Reichstag fire. Nazi stormtroopers had unleashed a widespread campaign of violence against the Communist Party (KPD), left-wingers,[1]:317 trade unionists, the Social Democratic Party of Germany,[1] and the Centre Party.[1]:322 They were the last multi-party elections in a unified Germany until 1990. "

Wiki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt5HtPYv1FQ

Boris has refused and goes on refusing to rule out the prorogation of Parliament beyond saying that if it did happen it would only be for so long as it takes.

After last night's pifflepaffle

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/jul/10/tory-leadership-latest-news-john-major-threatens-to-take-boris-johnson-to-court-to-stop-him-proroguing-parliament-for-no-deal-brexit-live-news

I suppose BoJo could fall back on the Daily Wail precedent which regards the Supreme Court ( once known as the House of Lords ) as "Enemies of the People" and stage a putsch.