State Opening – The Aftermath

This should never have happened. It has further diminished the authority of Parliament. It has tainted the Crown with a process which is clearly tacky. There is one piece of legislation which would have been universally well received, or several pieces as some say are needed, to ensure that this unending saga of MPs’ expenses was finally sorted out. Yet not a peep.

I am already on record and reported as holding the well researched view that this whole process was unconstitutional. To begin with ignored as a nutter, I am surprised at the speed at which support for this theme has developed and the unexpected sources from which it has begun to spring.

In the strange process of our unwritten constitution, precedent is everything. We have now established the precedent that the Monarch can allow to remain in being a corrupt and rotten Parliament, so that next time even I will have no grounds to raise an alarm.

Some people are no doubt pleased with this. They do not serve their country well.