Catherine West MP outside Parliament
Catherine West MP outside Parliament

Tory PM Johnson might be prepared to send this country off a cliff to win Nigel Farage’s backing, but we’ve proved that Parliament will do everything in our power to stop him.

I’m extremely pleased our rapid cross-party efforts to pass a Bill forcing Johnson to secure an extension to the Brexit deadline in the days before Parliament was shamefully suspended were successful.  That’s removed an immediate threat and we’ve also successfully forced the government to release all communications detailing their decision to prorogue Parliament together with the Operation Yellowhammer briefings setting out the impact of a “no deal”.  That will hopefully help shed some transparency on this murky business.   However the fight certainly doesn’t stop here, even without Parliament sitting.

Jeremy Corbyn was spot on to denounce this Tory Government with no mandate, no morals and as no majority. With a PM who can’t be trusted, I believe our primary focus over the coming days and weeks has to be ensuring we completely eliminate any possibility of crashing out on Halloween.  That may include legal action should Johnson seek to break the law.    Once that’s done, a General Election can’t come soon enough, with a Labour Party committed to giving the people a final say on this Brexit mess. I will always campaign and vote to remain.

Catherine West MP
11/09/19

My thoughts on Johnson’s underhand coup to suspend democracy

There’s nothing democratic about suspending Parliament to push through a no deal for which this shameless Tory Government has no mandate. It’s an underhand coup and MPs of all parties must come together to resist it.

Preventing MPs from having a say on this crucial issue for the future of our country would seriously undermine our democracy, create a constitutional crisis, and set a very dangerous precedent”.

I’m one of over 200 MPs from all parties to sign the Church House declaration pledging to work across parties and across our nations to do whatever possible to prevent this and ensure people’s voices are heard.

Catherine West MP
28/08/19

Text of the Church House declaration
Text of the Church House declaration
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