EU: Is Britain heading for European Parliament Elections on May 23rd, 2019?

EU: Is Britain heading for European Parliament Elections on May 23rd, 2019?

What is happening in Parliament right now gives us a clear indication that Britain is heading towards European Elections and this could include a General Election.Another issue that needs to be addressed is if the present Government will have enough MPs loyal to the government to fill up all positions that need to be filled up in the administration. Today, two Ministers including the Secretary directly involved in the Brexit process and a Junior Minister related to Welsh Affairs resigned their positions.

Given the number of Members of Parliament leaving the so called mainstream political parties including the governing party would lead to a state of affairs in which the Government that is already a minority government and only able to pass laws with the support of the DUP would not be able to get bills through Parliament. On record, the next General Election should take place in 2022. Without a General Election, we would have a Government that for the next three years would be what Americans call a Lame Duck Government.Given the attributions that Parliament has given itself, it could be the case that the Executive would be neutralised.

Some like the Scottish National Party are very much willing to engage in European Parliament Elections. What is usually forgotten is that forces said to be Far Right will use the European Parliament Elections to disrupt as much as possible the functions of the European Parliament and will get from the European Union vast amounts of money to fund their political activities in the United Kingdom. This is something that other political parties are very much aware of and this what both the European Union and the Conservative Party have been trying to avoid by reaching a deal or implementing Brexit before May 22nd 2019.

Any extension that goes beyond May 22nd, 2019 will include having to take part in European Parliament Elections because otherwise it would disrupt the European Parliament and this means in simple language that we could be talking about years.