In 1834 William IV, a far right extremist-- who had once been the loudest voice against abolishing slavery-- fired Lord Melbourne, a Whig, as prime minister. That was the last time a British monarch fired a head of government. William was also the last member of the House of Hanover and the last British monarch to serve as king of Hanover. When he died 3 years after appointing-- despite the will of Parliament-- Sir Robert Peel, a Tory, as prime minister, he was survived by 8 illegitimate children he had had with his mistress, actress/former prostitute Dorothea Jordan. He was succeeded by his niece Queen Victoria. (Little known fact: David Cameron is a descendant-- the great, great, great, great, great grandson-- of William by one of the bastard daughters, Elizabeth FitzClarence.Yesterday the Sunday Times reported that the current crackpot prime minister, Boris Johnson, will dare the Queen to sack him rather than resign as prime minister in an attempt to drive through Brexit on Halloween. A senior Conservative said that "Unless the police turn up at the doors of 10 Downing Street with a warrant for the prime minister’s arrest, he won’t be leaving."
In an unprecedented escalation of the constitutional crisis, senior aides said Johnson would not stand aside if his proposals were rejected by Brussels and MPs tried to unseat him to avert a no-deal Brexit.They said Johnson was prepared to "squat" in Downing Street even if MPs declare no confidence in his government and agree a caretaker prime minister to replace him.
Through it's media organ, RT, Russia-- which has been behind the turmoil in Britain and the EU-- reported yesterday that Johnson will screw-- like in wreck-- to EU if they don't agree to his exit package. RT.com: "Johnson is not about to take the forced Brexit extension lying down, reportedly devising plans to veto the European Union’s seven-year budget and appoint 'nuclear weapon' Nigel Farage as commissioner.
Johnson has long insisted that the UK would leave the EU by October 31, saying he would “rather be dead in a ditch” than ask the bloc for an extension to its exit deadline.Parliament passing the Benn act, which requires a Brexit delay unless a divorce deal is agreed, looks to have scuppered those plans, but if forced to hang around for longer Johnson seemingly plans to be a thorn in Brussels’ side.An explosive report in the Sunday Telegraph reveals that senior government figures plan to "sabotage" the EU if Britain remains in the union after Halloween. Two cabinet ministers told the paper that the plans include blocking the Union's 2021-2027 budget, which is expected to be signed off early next year, as well as sending a Eurosceptic such as Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage to Brussels as the UK’s next EU commissioner.On Saturday the approach was approved by Steve Baker, former Brexit Minister, who likened it to firing "a nuclear weapon into the heart of the asteroid.""I unashamedly back Nigel Farage to be our next EU commissioner in the unfortunate event that it transpires," he told Chopper’s Brexit Podcast. "This approach is inspired by the film Armageddon. There is that moment when they are trying to save the world and so what they do is they land on the asteroid and they put a nuclear weapon into the heart of the asteroid. Nigel Farage is that nuclear weapon."One problem with this plan is that the rest of the European Commission will have been ratified by the European Parliament so MEPs would have a clear vote on whether to approve the UK’s nominee. Given Farage’s two decades of causing trouble in Brussels MEPs are highly unlikely to wave him through as a commissioner.