I think we have had a filibustering of democracy for much of the last year. We have had endless games and arcane procedures to prevent Brexit, and we are seeing the same games today to prevent a general election. I think this Parliament is really reaching new levels of absurdity. In the Leader of the Opposition, we have—perhaps for the first time in history—a man who can neither lead nor oppose. I still do not quite understand whether he is supporting an election today. We need an election or we need Brexit. The Labour party voted against the Brexit timetable motion, which means that we cannot proceed. Therefore, we have to go for plan B, which is an election.
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Bob Seely
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 29 October 2019.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Early Parliamentary General Election Bill.
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2019-19
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