Dying democracy

Richard Bacon MP explains the Parliamentary aspects of the unfolding disaster very well in an item on Conservative Home blog, linked here, it concludes:

We are not a free people by accident. It is the result of choices and hard work and lives given in sacrifice. This whole business makes me suspect that the ruling elite are losing respect for those in whose interest they are meant to be functioning.

A parliamentary colleague has been arrested for doing his job. Making this right and protecting our Parliament transcends everything else. There may be the need for a string of resignations. It is imperative that these events do not set a precedent but rather that they define the point at which those responsible finally understand that they have gone too far and that they must pay the price for having done so.

The silence from both the Mayor of London with responsibilities for the Metropolitan Police and the Leader of the Opposition so far today is unnerving.