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Can Boris Do It?
Restaurant lunch with Junker (sounds boozy) on Monday. Supreme court will throw out this proroguing nonsense challenge on Tuesday? The pound is shooting up. Everything's going tickety-boo, wouldn't you say?
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The pound is "shooting up" only in the sense that it's recovering the losses that it accrued whilst it looked like Johnson was in control. Then he lost his majority, the government was in chaos, etc -- and *then* the pound recovered. To link that to anything Johnson has said, or done, is manifestly mistaken.
Now, if Johnson were to announce that he had succeeded in negotiating a new deal, that picture will change (supposing Parliament supports it). But until then the pound is on the up in spite of Johnson's efforts, rather than because of them.
Supreme Court won't dismiss the proroguing challenge on Tuesday, I don't think, because it's only scheduled to hear oral arguments that day (and also Wednesday and Thursday). I think we'd have to wait until the week after for a verdict. I would expect that verdict to go the government's way, mind -- although it's disappointed to see it called a "nonsense" challenge. The High Court ruling in London kept pointing out many of the flaws in defending the prorogation (eg, "only a few sitting days lost" -- not true) even as it upheld its lawfulness; and, taking the High Court's ruling at face value, it seems that future PMs would have full licence to prorogue Parliament for months at a time, which would mark an unwelcome return of the days when England was effectively ruled by a dictator king or dictator Protector.
Now, if Johnson were to announce that he had succeeded in negotiating a new deal, that picture will change (supposing Parliament supports it). But until then the pound is on the up in spite of Johnson's efforts, rather than because of them.
Supreme Court won't dismiss the proroguing challenge on Tuesday, I don't think, because it's only scheduled to hear oral arguments that day (and also Wednesday and Thursday). I think we'd have to wait until the week after for a verdict. I would expect that verdict to go the government's way, mind -- although it's disappointed to see it called a "nonsense" challenge. The High Court ruling in London kept pointing out many of the flaws in defending the prorogation (eg, "only a few sitting days lost" -- not true) even as it upheld its lawfulness; and, taking the High Court's ruling at face value, it seems that future PMs would have full licence to prorogue Parliament for months at a time, which would mark an unwelcome return of the days when England was effectively ruled by a dictator king or dictator Protector.
I think he will do it, Junker beware.
Writing in this week’s Spectator Diary, the former Chancellor and Evening Standard editor attempted to encapsulate how Boris operates…
“My children have the measure of our prime minister. A couple of years ago, my son and I went for a lovely Sunday lunch at his house in Oxfordshire — where he has a Kalashnikov mounted on the wall. Boris suggested we play a game. A tug of war, but with a difference. The rope is tied around your waist and the contest takes place across a swimming pool. If you lose you end up in the water, fully clothed.
That’s Johnson for you: fun, inventive but ruthless. I suspect his brother Jo had one ducking too many.”
Writing in this week’s Spectator Diary, the former Chancellor and Evening Standard editor attempted to encapsulate how Boris operates…
“My children have the measure of our prime minister. A couple of years ago, my son and I went for a lovely Sunday lunch at his house in Oxfordshire — where he has a Kalashnikov mounted on the wall. Boris suggested we play a game. A tug of war, but with a difference. The rope is tied around your waist and the contest takes place across a swimming pool. If you lose you end up in the water, fully clothed.
That’s Johnson for you: fun, inventive but ruthless. I suspect his brother Jo had one ducking too many.”
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Depends where your pension fund is invested, teacake.
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