The British MPs are just back together, as it is loud in the lower house. Very loud. Geoffrey Cox has the floor, Tory politician and attorney general. He had protested to the government that Boris Johnson's controversial compulsory break for parliament was legal. But then the maneuver of the prime minister was stopped by the supreme court. And Cox now has to listen to a lot of unpleasant questions.
At some point, Cox snaps and starts to roar. "This Parliament is a shame," he calls in the direction of the opposition banks. "They could have gone for a vote of no confidence, but they were too cowardly, they could have accepted new elections, but they were too cowardly." Instead, the government's opponents hid behind a lawsuit, Cox scolds. The deputies had "no moral right" to meet more.
The answer is a long time coming. Berry Sheerman rises, a Labor man. He, too, gets into a rage, gesticulating wildly. Sheerman focuses on Cox. It was "a shame" that just this is talking about morality and decency. Cox came "here with his lawyer talk to disguise the truth".
"Dangerous Prime Minister"
It is day one after the historic Supreme Court ruling against the British government, which actually wanted to put Parliament off hold for five weeks. In the end, it was just over two. And who thought, after all the mud battles under Theresa May and Boris Johnson, the sound in the lower house can not get ruffled, who is now taught a better one.
When Boris Johnson arrives in the House of Commons in the evening, he does not spend much time with the devastating verdict. He is referring to the "Zombie Parliament" and accuses the deputies of "cowardice". And Johnson once again portrays his critics as enemies of the people: he and his people, he says, "will not cheat the people who have sent us here."
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Jeremy Corbyn: "Go!"
Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn, in turn, calls on Johnson to resign. This is "a dangerous Prime Minister," who believes to be above the law. "For the good of our people," Corbyn addresses the Prime Minister, "go!". The opposition leader receives support from his group, whose ranks of "resignation" calls Johnson. Again and again MPs on both sides of Parliament applaud this evening - in the House of Commons absolutely unusual.
No serious consequences
These scenes also show that the opposition is ready to take on the verbal fight. It is blown up on this day and backgekeift. Johnson is now no longer just the man who, against the will of most MPs, would overturn the country if necessary without a Brexit deal from the EU. He is now also the prime minister, who has illegally tried to slow down the parliament, which has harnessed the Queen for this act that many consider anti-democratic.
But: Really serious consequences for Johnson for the time being does not have. The prime minister does not even think about resigning. And the opposition? Wait for the full escalation.
The chances are actually well to force Johnson out of office. A majority in the lower house for the government by now not even rudimentary in range. Most MEPs, as shown in earlier polls, firmly reject John Brexit's course and the option of an unregulated exit from the EU.
But Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn said in the morning on a possible vote of no confidence: "Frankly, our top priority is to prevent a no-deal Brexit."
Opposition in dilemma
Johnson takes advantage of just that procrastination. Again and again he holds his opponent, new elections for fear of defeat reject. In fact, the opposition has twice voted against a government proposal.
And Johnson goes even further: he really urges Labor and the smaller parties to put a motion of no confidence in the government - a poisoned offer. Come on! "Johnson shouts and raises her hand provocatively. In the venerable lower house prevails at this moment a mood like a heated football derby.
Video: Analysis of Johnson's situation
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In fact, the opposition is in a dilemma. She wants to get rid of Johnson - but there are reasons why she's so bad.
- The Leadership Question : If the opposition wins a no-confidence vote, it will give them 14 days to form a new government. Labor leader Corbyn has already tendered as a transitional premier. He wants to postpone the Brexit appointment and start new elections. However, the reservations against the Altlinken in the lower house are large.
Liberals, for example, would rather favor a moderate conservative. The other Tory rebels also have big problems with Corbyn. Movement, however, there is the Scottish SNP. Their lower house chief, Ian Blackford, said his party could accept Corbyn as the head of an interim government.
- The Strategy Question: A vote of no confidence at this time could increase the risk of a hard Brexit without an agreement. If Johnson's opponent does not agree to a new government within two weeks, the parliament will dissolve. Until the ensuing new elections in November, the MPs would be out of action - and could no longer control the government in the lower house.
Although the government is already required by law to ask for a postponement of the Brexit appointment on 31 October in Brussels, a withdrawal agreement should not have been ratified in good time. But there are fears that Johnson might try to circumvent this requirement. Therefore, Corbyn and Co. stick to this motto: First, the no-deal scenario is definitely off the table, then you want to challenge Johnson.
Minor attacks here, "Humbug" there
For now, the opponents of the premier settle for minor attacks. When it transpires that the Tories on Thursday want to ask Parliament for a three-day break to hold their party convention in Manchester in peace, the Labor leadership instructs its group members to reject it.
At the same time, discussions are intensifying on how to put additional legislative pressure on Johnson. The Liberals, for example, bring a variant into play, according to which the government would have to apply for a Brexit delay significantly earlier than previously planned. Currently, the deadline expires on 19 October.
Boris Johnson, in turn, continues to be aggressive. When a Labor MP asks him on Wednesday evening for linguistic moderation and against the background of the heated mood in the country on death threats against politicians, the prime minister has only one answer ready: "Humbug."
