SECOND TAKE
THE GUARDIAN: Boris Johnson grabs chance to hog power
Pivotal role of UK parliament eliminated for next month as online voting ends and debate is quelled
03 June 2020 - 15:38
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has seized an opportunity in a crisis to concentrate power rather than diffuse it. The end of online voting and the quelling of parliamentary debate will reduce the House of Commons to a rubber stamp for whatever Johnson wants.
What is being done away with for the next month is the pivotal role assigned to parliament: the scrutiny that improves the quality of government, which, given the economic and public health emergencies (https://www.ft.com/content/4a803fd4-a3e6-11ea-81ac-4854aed294e5) facing the country, has never been needed more...
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