Dropping bombs on a country but voting against allowing refugee children fleeing the conflict to come here.
— James O’Brien (@mrjamesob)
That’s got to be worse than running through a wheat field.
April 14, 2018
How can Theresa May remain in power after such a number of horrific decisions made by herself?
This time last year, Theresa May authorised strikes on Syria, without going through parliament. Taking the decision entirely into her own hands.
Since then, questions have been raised as to why parliament were not briefed in the matter prior to the event.
Whilst force can be necessary to save human lives, should our parliament not be consulted on these actions prior to them taking place? After all, our parliament speak on behalf of the people. One elected official does not represent the country.
Theresa May faced criticism for the handling of these strikes, but not enough to deter her from continuing to ignore the voice of parliament.
Since these strikes, Theresa May has continued to ignore the elected representatives of our country, and has faced no repercussions. We must stand strong and continue to fight her obtuse methods.
Theresa May continues to ignore public opinion, along with parliamentary opinions, both large and small groups. And when she doesn’t get her own way? She repeats her previous argument again and again. Until eventually others get bored of the repetition and give up fighting back.
The petition for revocation of Article 50 petition is a prime example of this. Initially, the momentum was phenominal. When signatures realised that the petition was not receiving much attention from government, the push became harder. With 6 million people signing, knowing that eventually parliament would have to debate the petition. Eventually the petition received a response from the government, dismissing it in its entirety. By the time the date had been set for government to debate the petition (April 1st I’m sure was not a coincidence), the momentum for the petition was beginning to slow. Signatures were realising that nothing would come of the debate.
I had previously thought that the United Kingdom was free of dictatorship. Lately, it does not feel so.
The next attempt to remind the government that the country would like a say in the Brexit negotiations was that of the People’s Vote March, which somehow had very little news time, and very little debate in parliament. With both the government and the official opposition refusing to make a people’s vote a part of their manifesto.
Sometimes I wonder what lengths the country must go to to be heard. It’s unsurprising that extinction rebellion are going to such extreme lengths.
Art and Angst 