Discretion has been thrown to the winds. The ambition of Parliament to seize absolute power at the expense of the other governmental elements of the constitution – the Queen and the Executive – is now naked and unashamed. The dog’s breakfast called the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill is the ramshackle vehicle for parliamentarians’ power grab, an attempt to shred the democratic safeguards in our unwritten constitution to protect the public from just such a usurpation of authority.
Why the Tories should choose Kemi Badenoch
The Conservatives need a truth teller who stands a chance of persuading the public to confront reality on defence, immigration, integration and the economy.