Boris Johnson is a self-entitled criminal.  That’s official.  OK, that’s not quite official, and I have been informed that committing an unlawful act does not automatically make one a criminal.  I could drop a crisp packet on the ground outside, and I’ve acted unlawfully, but I wouldn’t expect to be called a criminal after that.  But does BloJo’s actions compare to dropping a crisp packet, or is it slightly more serious?  In a political context, at least?

The Supreme Court in the United Kingdom ruled about forty minutes ago that the Prime Minister acted unlawfully when he advised the Queen to suspend or prorogue, Parliament.

How can the prime minister, the government, ask sixty-five million people to respect the law, when the highest-level court in the United Kingdom has just told him that he acted outside the law with the simple motive of getting his own way?

Basically, this court decision is all that BBC News can think about; it’s hardly surprising, since not only did the Supreme Court rule against the prime minister, but gave him both barrels, so to speak.  Their ruling was unprecedented in its level of criticism of his actions.  They stopped short of calling him a criminal, but said that his decision to suspend Parliament was ‘unlawful.’  They informed MPs to act as though the prorogation never happened.

If the action was ‘unlawful,’ what other conclusion is there to draw than he must resign.  He has been found guilty of an unlawful act.  In any other area of our society, that would make his job untenable.  In any other area of our society, he would be ordered to leave his job.  As prime minister, the scale and severity of the judgement, not to mention the judgement itself, means that there is no way he can carry on with any degree of authority whatsoever.

There has never been a judgement like this in my lifetime; indeed, those with a greater knowledge of history than I have already said that a judgement like this against a sitting prime minister has never been made before.  We live in momentous times.

But what has not yet been talked about in the sheer chaos that is the news in Britain at the moment, is that not only did the prime minister lie to the Queen, but he lied to the country as well.

Our country has just been turned on its head, ladies and gentlemen; this judgement was not about Brexit, it was simply a legal decision on whether or not it was right to close Parliament for five weeks.  But since Brexit is undoubtedly the reason why BloJo shut Parliament down, obviously it is relevant to the debate.

Some are already arguing that this decision has divided the country further than it already was.  Leavers are saying that it has ended what democracy was left; Remainers are jumping up and down and calling it a victory for democracy.  It’s up to you who you believe, but my view is that democracy did indeed receive a massive boost today.

Boris Johnson may not and perhaps should not receive criminal charges for this, but at the very least, he and his government have got to go, and the MPs he kicked out for daring to disagree with him must be returned to office.

There has never been a decision like this in the history of our country since the English Civil War.  Therefore it is a little difficult to gauge what the solution will be, but I would have thought that a second referendum, in which a majority of the electorate must be achieved, either way, would be the way forward to end this craziness.  Most people around the world are, I would imagine, sick of it, I know we are in this country.  A general election would not solve this crisis, merely prolong it.  Surely Leavers are not afraid of a second vote if they are so confident of winning.  If two-thirds of the electorate vote Leave, so be it, I – as a member of a democratic society – will abide by it.  But remember, the referendum is an opinion poll and not a democratic vote, so a government saying they will abide by it and then not doing so, while I admit it is fucking annoying, is not a criminal action either.  You can argue that your MP is not representing you, in which case a general election would then be the way forward if you want to vote him or her out of office.  These are simply my views of a way out of the worst constitutional and political crisis of my lifetime. x