Laying down the law! The Supreme Court’s decision about the prorogation of parliament must be respected, insist legal eagles.
But some have objected. Typical of the objecters is bigmouth pub bore Shay Mingus.
“I for one don’t accept the result,” whined Mingus. “11 judges, judging Boris Johnson? It’s liberal metropolitan elitism gone mad!”
Unfortunately for Mingus, there’s nothing he can do about it.
“It’s undemocratic!” he ranted. “11 is a lot less than 52%, and that’s the cutoff for democracy. Unless the bad loser remainers win, then it doesn’t count because they lost!”
But this time, a unanimous vote means 100% of the judges agree.
“Yeah, but the judges should stick to the law and not politics,” he argued. “This is why we want out of the EU, so that British courts can judge British cases!”
Which is what just happened, of course.
“We will take it to the European Court of Justice!” yelled Mingus. “And then… Oh shit, we don’t like them, do we? Bollocks. Who’s higher than the Supreme Court? Judge Rinder, that’s who. We will win thanks to daytime TV!”
Brexitsceptic Dev Ilyuno was suitably sceptical. “These people who insist upon sovereignty and all that crap only like it when it suits them,” he pointed out. “This is a British court, ruling on British matters, and the so-called patriots hate it when it doesn’t go their way. And they call everyone else snowflakes!”
It’s remarkable. There are actually people who think that democracy is a wonderful thing until there is a democratic decision that counters their world view. Democracy means democracy, except of course when it doesn’t.
“It’s the whole we won, you lost, mentality,” explained Ilyuno. “Nobody can cope with being a winner only some of the time.”
Whatever your opinion, British politics is in uncharted waters. Here be monsters? Probably.