Brexiters are in a bad mood after the recent government defeats. Those who fought under the banner of “Let’s take back control! are disgruntled because parliament has taken back control.
The issue of parliamentary sovereignty is also causing concern. LCD Views’ Moaning Minnie correspondent spoke to leading Brexiter, Wynn Jing, about the matters.
“Sovereignty was always a handy buzz-word,” sniffles Jing. “Nobody knew what it meant before the referendum, it just sounded nice and evoked Queen and Country. It was a handy thing to chuck at the evil EU. But none of us, in our darkest dreams, ever expected parliament to exert its sovereignty in this treacherous manner, getting in the way of our precious Brexit!”
It’s a nice irony, we contended, that Brexit is falling apart upon taking back control, which the likes of you campaigned for.
“It’s not fair!” wailed Jing. “Parliament shouldn’t stand in our way! The People voted, remember, The People voted, and the government works for The People!”
And parliament is there to debate and refine proposals put forward by the government. That’s the whole point.
“Parliament should be abolished then, in the name of democracy,” said Jing sulkily. “Democracy is like cream cakes, you can have too much of a good thing, and it leaves you bloated and feeling sick!”
You wanted to take back control, and have parliamentary sovereignty. Both have been in evidence. What’s the big problem?
“It’s no good if we don’t get our own way,” sobbed Jing. “Jacob Rees-Mogg has threatened to send Nanny over to knock a few heads together.”
Back to the Nanny state, we jested.
“It’s not funny!” cried Jing, rolling on his back and kicking the bars of his playpen. “I want my Brexit, and I want it now! I WANT MY BRRRRREEEEXXXIIIITTTT!”
Nanny has been instructed by parliament to remove all the crying man-babies (and woman-babies, let’s not be sexist), give them all a clip round the ear, and send them back to the school of hard knocks.