On the suspension of Parliament by Boris Johnson: “It is the most blatant assault on democracy in Britain’s living memory, and one of the most serious any Western country has faced in this populist era.” And the problem is...?https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/boris-johnsons-radically-undemocratic-maneuver/596983/ …
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“The House can in accordance with the constitution be deprived of power [when] there is fair reason to suppose that the opinion of the House is not the opinion of the electors.” A.V. Dicey ‘The Law of the Constitution’ (1885).
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The Constitution is written down it's just not very accessible to the public and easy to digest like many modern ones. The Guardian will obviously try to exploit this popular ignorance. I doubt it will work on anyone except they who are sm4rt because they read the Guardian.
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