UK General Discussion:The Rt. Hon Alex Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, Populist Hero

[Gary JG]

The problem with an English Parliament, with comparable powers to the Scottish Parliament, is that it would leave the United Kingdom Parliament with little to do particularly about the issues voters and politicians care most about. All the UK Parliament would be left with are things like foreign affairs and defence; together with the unpopularity of raising taxes, largely to give to the politicians in the national Parliaments to spend (who will always be able to blame the mean UK Parliament and government for all difficulties).

The result of devolution to England is for the English First Minister to do to the UK Prime Minister what Boris Yeltsin did to President Gorbachev. The withdrawal of England from the devolution arrangements would very easily lead to the immediate and total collapse of the United Kingdom.

[Gary JG]

https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1438154617162981378

One incompetent lightweight replaces another. Weak leaders like Johnson do not approve of strong subordinates.

As with most reshuffles, the general public will probably have little or no idea who the people changing posts are.

[Gary JG]

I was just thinking, can Brits here on Atlas see your fellow Brits revolting like rightwing Americans did on Jan 6 and try to overthrow the government?

Can Westminster be overthrown? Can you see something of that caliber happening in London? The subjects revolting against the elites?

No.

To give a longer answer, there have been many revolts, civil wars and riots over the centuries since Parliament came into existence. However in modern times, the demonstrations outside Parliament have been relatively tame, even though some MPs found that popular passion over Brexit was worrying.