This is a good summary of the problem.
This government demonstrates exactly what is wrong with the system. The Tories feel so entitled and arrogant that they .really do think they can do anything they want. To hang on to power they are prepared to crush all possibility of opposition. It is a quiet British Trumpism – insidious and far-reaching. With a majority of 80 and a complete disregard for rules and laws, the Tories feel totally empowered.
Here is what Clive Lewis had to say:
Following BoJo’s statement in the commons, Clive Lewis MP (Lab) ran a short thread on twitter suggesting the need for democratic renewal in light of Gray’s findings.
‘In a healthy democracy Boris Johnson would by now be a former PM. The fact he’s still in post – having lied to Parliament and the public last year – tells us we have a problem that goes beyond his personal qualities as a political leader, to the heart of our failing democracy.
The power to hold the Prime Minister to account for his actions is now in the hands of the damaged institution of the Metropolitan Police – which has finally and belatedly started investigating – and Tory MPs who have the cover of the 1922 committee.
Herein lies the problem. Without a written constitution and without strong checks and balances on an increasingly powerful government committed to doing away with the weak checks already there, the institutions of our democracy will continue to be fatally undermined.
Right now, the government is using their power to make sure the public has none – whether that is through attacks on our voting system and the independence of the judiciary, or the hollowing
out of the right to protest, the right to vote, citizenship rights, and our human rights.
Boris Johnson should go. But this issue goes far beyond the integrity of the PM or even his government. Until we undergo a programme of democratic renewal, we’ll be stuck with a system that has proven itself unfit for the challenges we face now and in the coming century.’
Why not email him your thoughts with suggestions for a way forward?