
Britain currently has two imperfect options for government - a left wing, progressive alliance, or a right wing, regressive alliance. Left wing parties took over 52% of the vote at the general election, yet two right wing parties took more than half the seats - the Conservatives and the DUP. They now look set to form a coalition government with Theresa May to stay on as Prime Minister. This would violate the principle of neutrality in Northern Ireland, jeopardising the peace process, and would not be democratic.The coalition should surely represent the majority, and given that Theresa May has failed so catastrophically throughout her campaign, she should do the right thing and resign. The British people have rejected hard right politics. We have rejected austerity. We have rejected hard Brexit. We have rejected Theresa May.Let us have a government that represents the will of the people. A government led by Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party, assisted by the Lib Dems, SNP, and Greens, either in a coalition or on a deal-by-deal basis. This, of course, would only be a temporary measure. We recognise that any coalition would be far from ideal and our ultimate goal would be a second general election in the autumn.Sign at think link:
https://www.change.org/p/theresa-may-...Letter toThe Petitions Committee UK GovernmentTheresa May has called an unnecessary general election and failed so catastrophically that she now has to form an alliance with the DUP. Such an alliance has no public mandate and breaches the principle of neutrality in Northern Ireland. The government are supposed to act as a go-between for the DUP, Sinn Fein and other Northern Irish parties. However, they can no longer perform this function as they are in a position where they must show favour to the DUP.
The majority of the public voted for left wing parties such as Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Scottish National Party, the Greens, and Plaid Cymru. The public rejected hard Brexit and austerity. They should have a government that represents these views, whether that be a formal coalition, or a Labour minority government working with the progressive alliance on a deal-by-deal basis.
We therefore call upon the Prime Minister to dissolve her cabinet and resign, allowing Labour the chance to form a government and call another general election in the autumn.
Published on June 11, 2017 14:29