>> The opposition is clearly right not to trust Johnson. He and his ministers (e.g. Mogg
>> on Tuesday night) have continued to assert with straight faces that shutting down parliament for
>> 5 weeks, preventing it from completing scheduled work which will now be swept aside
Legal press confirm that both the Domestic Abuse Bill and the Divorce Bill were lost at prorogation. Sacrificed for ego of Boris and his chums.
Both were truly valuable pieces of reform.
The first prevented those defending allegations of domestic abuse from questioning in person their alleged victim about their personal lives and sexual activity. In effect giving them same protections as those alleging rape etc in a criminal context.
The second changed grounds for Divorce so as to remove the blame element where petitioner has to allege desertion, adultery or unreasonable behaviour in order to get a divorce without waiting two or maybe five years.
May the fleas of a thousand camels.....
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