If you have read my previous posts you will know I have little love for our governments either side of the Atlantic, however I do believe in praise where it's due. Today I have to applaud The speaker of the house of commons.
In the British set up the speaker is meant to be politically neutral, although in this day and age that is harder to believe. However today a man I have little time for as I personally think he is a bit of a wet blanket, stood up and spoke the words a majority of the British public have been shouting. That in present light, due to present behaviour Donald Trump has no right to address our parliament and to allow him to do so would disregard all our values against racism, gender quality and the like.
Now this is a brave move as the MPs are set to discuss the reduction of the invitation of a state visit to be downgraded later in the month, if as I suspect they vote to down grade the presidential invitation, alongside the now decision not to allow him to speak to the two leading houses., its an indirect way to cancel the invitation as a whole. Without say the honest truth that most of us don't want to waste our hard earned taxes on such a bigot.
In a way it's the British stiff upper lip that has dug us out the political mine field our wonderful leader dumped us in. So instead of saying sorry your invitation has been retracted because our voting public have said so they can now say, sorry but your recent actions have lead us to withdraw the offer as it undermines all we stand for. Not bad from a idiot who struggles to keep the most daily language in debates to a pg rating.
Like I said I have no time for most of our governing force at the present, but for showing some balls and acting in commonsense, well done Mr Bercow, nice way to calm the waters, for the moment at least.
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