No way to run a country as Brexit feuds grow – The Yorkshire Post says

HOW times change. Until three weeks ago, it was Boris Johnson leading the Tory charge against Brexit policy – and Philip Hammond, the then Chancellor, defending Theresa May.
Boris Johnson and Philip Hammond remain at loggerheads over Brexit.Boris Johnson and Philip Hammond remain at loggerheads over Brexit.
Boris Johnson and Philip Hammond remain at loggerheads over Brexit.

Now she has left office, it falls to Mr Johnson to prepare for the UK’s departure from the European Union on October 31 while Mr Hammond protests about the “betrayal” of a no-deal Brexit while holding out the threat to attempt to bring down the Government in a future no confidence vote.

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No wonder the electorate is so disenchanted when leading protagonists from the same governing party appear to have forgotten that their primary duty is to the country at large – and all those individuals and firms whose futures are inextricably linked to Brexit.

Boris Johnson has pledged to lead the UK out of the EU on October 31.Boris Johnson has pledged to lead the UK out of the EU on October 31.
Boris Johnson has pledged to lead the UK out of the EU on October 31.

This was self-evident when the PM’s supporters responded to Mr Hammond by accusing him of making insufficient preparations for the possibility of a no-deal Brexit – the perpetuation of the never-ending ‘blame game’ which has become the default position for so many senior politicians when put on the spot.

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Yet it does nothing to ease the prevailing uncertainty – economic growth went in reverse in the past quarter – or lessen the likelihood of a constitutional crisis if Mr Johnson tries to sideline Parliament by calling a snap election so MPs cannot thwart Brexit any longer.

This is no way to run a country, never mind a nation which prides itself on being one of the great bastions of democracy in the world. And if all parties are genuine when they say they have no desire for the Queen, who is supposed to be above poltiics, to be dragged into this controversy, they need to think very carefully about how they intend to proceed in the coming weeks.

For, when no side can command a Commons majority, compromises have to be made. Worringly, it is difficult to see how this will be remotely possible in the current circumstances.