Tag: Brexit
Prime Minister defeated in late night Parliamentary vote
3 September 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi
In a 328 vote to 302 the a coalition of SNP, Labour Party, Liberal Democrat, and Conservative Party MPs striped the executive of its normal power to dictate what is to be debated tomorrow and granting to parliament the ability to debate Hillary Ben MP’s proposed Brexit bill.
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The Johnson Government: Working for the Brexit Clampdown
19 August 2019|Liverpool John Moores University/The Open University|Joe Sim and Steve Tombs
Boris Johnson announced a plan to increase police numbers by 20,000 and his right wing-government increases its clampdown on diaspora communities and the working class. Meanwhile the Labour Party’s response is at best muted and at worst complicity, write Professors Joe Sim and Steve Tombs. The two professors deconstruct how government policies have been dismantling the very types of programmes which might reduce crime and social conflict, while simultaneously increasing the punitive and disciplinary arm of the state.
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