Originally Posted by
ORAC
In signing international treaties the PM is acting as the representative of the Queen in Parliament, not as an individual - it’s a constitutional point, which is why treaties don’t have to be approved by Parliament.
So it’s not “Boris” signing such a treaty, it’s the nation.
https://www.parliament.uk/globalasse...office/p14.pdf
“According to constitutional practice in the United Kingdom, Parliament has no formal role in treaty-making, as the power to do so is vested in the executive, acting on behalf of the Crown.”
A good point, ORAC.
Nevertheless, Parliament does have to approve War. That's why some wars are conducted under false pretences in such a way as to be deniable. Oman in the 1970s is a prime example. RAF officers flying combat missions were posed as being employees of Airwork Services. Tier One UKSF fighting forces were labelled "Training Teams" etc.
HMG is somewhat squeamish about admitting that the wars it fights are actually "Wars". Euphemisms are routinely deployed. Korea, for example, was labelled a "police action". The Falklands War was a "Campaign" not a war.. Afghanistan was labelled something other than a War, though I can't quite remember what euphemism was used for that one. The rather inappropriately named "First(sic) Gulf War" was admitted to be a War because it was approved by the Security Council of the United Nations.
Boris, as you have pointed out, takes the same viewpoint as Louis Quatorze:
l'état, c'est moi. His attitude towards his non-compliance with his own lockdown laws is just one example of that. His frequent lying to Parliament about his own malfeasances is another.
His pattern of lying, which goes right back to his days as a jobbing journalist in Brussels and beyond, is such that he feels no need to connect his lies with the Truth. For him, it is simply enough to say what he wants people to believe, regardless of the disconnect between what he says and Truth.
He's a bloody dangerous man to have in charge of nuclear weaponry. So was Trump, with whom he shares some n
arcissistic characteristics, but that's another matter