It's finally happened, after weeks of acrimony in the House of Commons, Britain's members of parliament have backed a general election which will take place on Thursday, December 12.in a rare parliamentary success for Mr Johnson after a string of defeats, his short bill calling for a 12 December election was approved 438 to 20 in the House of Commons. An attempt by the LibDems to bring the election forward to 9 December was defeated 315-295.
The bill still needs approval in the Lords, but this is expected to be without problem.
Britain will hold its first December election for almost 100 years since 1923, when Stanley Baldwin's Conservative Party lost 86 seats and their Parliamentary majority. Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval from parliament for an early ballot aimed at breaking the Brexit deadlock. The result on the election means Johnson finally has within his grasp the election he has been pushing for since September after three previous attempts - the most recent on Monday - failed.
The decision means that Parliament will be dissolved next week and all political parties will then enter into the customary six-week General Election campaign culminating in the public vote on December 12th.
With this parliament in a position of complete stalemate, the only way forward is for the public to elect a new one. Of course, having an election and running campaigns just before Christmas is far from ideal but the alternative would be the continuation of a zombie parliament,another election I believe is in line with the needs of the people, who are not being served by democracy at all at this present moment in time,
The upcoming election will bound to be dominated by debate over the UK's delayed departure from the EU but in a country blighted by almost a decade of Tory government and in which over four million children are hungry and in poverty, we have to concentrate on what the Tories and Lib Dems have done since 2010 - the NHS carve up, the bedroom tax, the appalling Windrush scandal, destruction of our public services. as well as their bungled Brexit vote, and their even worse Brexit handling, the Universal Credit fiasco, endless and brutal austerity; they have torn the country to pieces, thousands homeless on our streets, many have died, 120,000 austerity deaths, 14 million in poverty, food banks growing. Hopelessness, it has spread like a cancerous epidemic into every postcode in the UK. Even in the shires. The Tories have brought our communities to their knees. Britain isn't eating.It simply cannot go on like this!
159,388 during this election will rely on food hand outs to eat. 65,662 of our hungry this election are children who wont even get a vote. Alone the hungry have no power to change their future. Only you can. https://www.trusselltrust.org/news-and-blog/latest-stats/end-year-stats/#1460968204929-05f75d1d-0ae6 131,00 Children will wake up on Christmas Day homeless. They get no say in their future' They are entirely at the mercy of what you decide for their future. You are the master of their destiny.As the Tories actions continue to be marked by incompetence and farce, which Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has previously pointed out "threatens our economy, businesses, jobs and communities." and the Tories continue to cause so much irreplaceable harm to our country, we have to remind ourselves that Britain doesn't have to be like this. We can be a confident, compassionate, forward looking and open society, with a properly funded and protected NHS, a high standard of schools for all and not just the wealthy few, a fair tax system that ensures giant corporations pay their dues, a welfare system built on dignity and not wanton cruelty. It's time for the Tories to go for the greater good of all. What greater Christmas could we have than this.
But if the Tories do manage to retain their grip on power, then God help us, I think we will truly be fucked, so in the meantime we must do all we can to prevent this from happening. The fight of our lives is on ,for our futures and our children's futures we must do all we can to stop Johnson and the Tories cementing their right-wing grip on the country any further.We have reached a tipping point in this country, a time when the line between right and wrong, justice ad injustice has never been so starkly drawn. We must now all pick a side, choose right over wrong.Tories out for Christmas.
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