I try not to use the word ‘traitors’ too readily. This is because words have power and ‘traitor’ is a strong word that should really only be used when it is absolutely necessary to describe an individual or a group that is actively working to undermine the sovereignty of the United Kingdom or who actively attempts to overthrow the Monarch. It also is a word that should properly be used to describe those who collaborate with Britain’s enemies or opponents, as it was used to prosecute and convict the pro-Nazi propagandist William Joyce in the late 1940’s. .
However, I’m finding it difficult to find any word other than ‘traitors’ to describe those MP’s, on both sides of the House of Commons, who voted to take control of the business of the House from the Government in their efforts to annul the Referendum vote on leaving the EU that was held in 2016. These MP’s have actively sided with a foreign power, the European Union, and against the electorate whose choices of representatives give the House of Commons its sovereignty and legitimacy. In addition those Remain rebels who are putting EU interests ahead of British interests and who are Privy Councillors are breaching their solemn oath to the Monarch that they will act against:
“All Foreign Princes, Persons, Prelates, States, or Potentates. And generally in all things you will do as a faithful and true Servant ought to do to Her Majesty. So help you God”
It is my reading of this oath that siding with the European Union, as those Tories, such as Sir Nicholas Soames and Justine Greening, who are Privy Councillors, have done, is a breach of the above oath. They have betrayed the Crown to which they have pledged loyalty and also the Crown’s subjects who in one of the biggest displays of democratic choice ever seen in the United Kingdom, chose to leave the EU. The Tories who voted against the Government and with the Labour Marxist/Islam party and the fanatically pro-EU Lib Dems in my view truly deserve the epithet of ‘traitor’.
But prospects for a clean break with the increasingly authoritarian EU, something that the the electorate clearly and honestly voted for, is not completely lost. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acted swiftly and removed the Conservative Party whip from these traitors and this may well render them unable to be readopted as candidates by their local Conservative Party branch. I suspect that Mr Johnson was well aware who the potential troublemakers and EU fanatics are in his party and has at one fell swoop removed their Tory party membership. He’s done this despite this action and the actions of MP’s who have chosen to cross the floor to the pro-EU Lib Dems, destroying the Government’s majority in the house. This means that local associations will not be able to readopt sitting Tory MP’s who have had the whip removed and the local associations will need to put forward a new, hopefully Brexit favourable, candidates. The one exception to this appears to be the former Chancellor Philip Hammond who managed to get readopted as a candidate prior to this House of Commons vote. Hammond to persuade senior members of his local party to readopt him despite there being opposition to this path being taken coming from rank and file members in his constituency.
According to Guido Fawkes, the government is not giving up in the face of the Remain traitors. Moves appear to be afoot in the House of Lords to block legislation that may be passed by the lower house that forces no deal off of the table. The Lords could in theory use debates over changes to Lords procedure to block the so called ‘surrender legislation’ proposed by Labour MP Hilary Benn that would by removing ‘no deal’ strengthen the EU’s hand in negotiations.
The British people live in what could be called ‘interesting’ political times. It is almost certain that the country is heading for a General Election and one that could be one of the nastiest in recent times. It will, in my view, be somewhat similar to the February 1974 election when the question ‘who governs Britain’ was asked by the Tory Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath. But, unlike during that election, the who governs Britain question is not a division between the then powerful Trade Unions and the elected government, we face a choice between those who would stand up for Britain and those who would sell us all to the European Union. The next election will be between an EU aligned group of Parliamentarians and the people who are seeing their decision to leave the EU ignored by arrogant politicians. Back in February 1974, Sir Edward Heath got a rather unpleasant answer to his question when the voters chose Harold Wilson’s Labour Party by a very very narrow majority. Let’s hope that a similar result can be avoided this time. The very last thing that ordinary people either need or want is to be governed by a Labour Party that has been thoroughly hollowed out and taken over by both Marxist and Islamic interests. It’s not just the Government who need to win this forthcoming election, we all need to win it by electing MP’s who are thoroughly committed to abiding by the decision of the 2016 Referendum. If this election is lost by the current government and those MP’s committed to Brexit then our current political problems will only get worse.
Thank you for another excellent article; I’m always rather lost in admiration of how you manage to find the time as well as the mental clarity to write as well and and as lucidly as you do (your articles on Redbridge are always of particular interest to me, as my brother lives there).
Praise where praise is due though – after three years of the cunning and cowardly Theresa “face like a fox-dropping” May , whose only talents appeared to be lying, snivelling, and grovelling, at least Johnson hasn’t ducked his “1940 moment” and is sticking to his guns…
May I pick you up on one minor detail though ? you suffer from “random apostrophe syndrome” – a condition wherein the sufferer thinks “Does it need an apostrophe here ?” closely followed by deciding “Let’s stick one in anyway to be on the safe-side…”. There is no need to use an apostrophe when the final “s” is there to indicate the plural; apostrophes are there to indicated a missing letter, as in “it’s” for “it is”, or to indicate possession, as in that well-worn phrase “This is all Nigel Farage’s fault…” So it is “one MP” / “two MPs” – no apostrophe needed.
cheers, Phil.
Dear Phil Thank you greatly for your compliment on the piece. The reason I find time to write is I get up much earlier than my four year old. I have an oasis of writing time between five and 7.30ish before Laughing Boy awakes and becomes my prime responsibility. I find writing and researching and small boy management don’t mix that well LOL. Yes I take on board your comment’s about the ‘grocers apostrophe’ and will try to be more aware of it in future.
As regards Boris, he has not yet flunked his ‘1940’moment and although I do not totally trust him to deliver the clean break Brexit that we all voted for, I have to admit that he’s been pretty impressive in the Premiership role so far. If nothing else the PM’s actions have at least flushed out the disloyal Remainacs in his party who will now need to be replaced with new candidates. It’s going to be a very interesting election and I suspect that the Tories will do well in Brexit voting constituencies and the Brexit Party will make some inroads in the Labour vote (the honest part not the whipped mosque and fraudlent postal vote ones) in the North.
“However, I’m finding it difficult to find any word other than ‘traitors’ to describe those MP’s, on both sides of the House of Commons,…”
Would ‘Quislings’ suffice?….
Tergiversators?
Oooh! That’s a good one. However I also agree that as PJH said earlier an alternative description of these EU traitors would be Quisling.