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[Closed] Constitutional Crisis [Hypothetical]

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I think it's worth noting the differences between a Constitutional monarchy, the "British aristocracy" and plain old free market loving, wealth whore Tories.

The Monarchy are little more than window dressing, they have property and wealth and theoretically can override or demand the resignation of a PM, but HRH knows better than to wade into that mess and potentially errode her own position.

The Aristocracy are sort of on the wain, their titles might buy them some influence but their money is old and so are their ideas, if the investment funds keep paying out they'll not rock the boat. But it's that last group the Reese-Moggs, Goves and Johnsons, their money isn't quite as old, they didn't inherit a title but they did rub shoulders with the other groups at school, and learned to navigate a network of chums, how to wield the kind of influence that most people will never have.

They have mates on boards and in the lord's, and (as I've said before) I believe their original mission was to exploit Brexit to take power and then start nudging government spending and assets towards the grubby mitts of those captains of industry they met at Eton and Oxford.

Covid has frustrated that plan, but as ever where there's human suffering, there's a PPE contract to be awarded. A colleague pointed out that all the No10. Party leaks were annoying him because that story has overshadowed the recent "VIP lane" ruling this week, arguably the bigger scandal as it lays bare the true nature of the current government's corruption. Is this whole party in the Garden "leak" yet another Dead cat? Does Boris even really care if he is ousted?

Neither story surprised me but I do wonder at what point the "red bricks" will figure it out, half the party faithful and lots of MPs are Grumbling and calling him a liability because they can see the damage it's doing them politically but they are struggling to identify a credible successor too...

Those other two groups where wealth is concentrated clearly have an interest in the nation's economic state, but tend to take a longer view, and haven't really attempted to use their supposed power or influence in a long time. Boris's conduct still had minimal impact on them really.

So unless a someone in the cabinet throws their hat in the ring, Boris can still ride it out for a few weeks longer at least.


 
Posted : 15/01/2022 1:55 am
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