Surely a leader who planned to stay within the law would have nothing to worry about..
Checks and balances are vital in any functioning democracy. But Johnson stuffs the Lords with cronies, makes policies without even consulting his own cabinet and wants to limit the judiciary. https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1286777109382299649
Is this really what people had in mind when they said they wanted to take back control? A single leader from a party less than half the country voted for, governing with just an unelected advisor and a few close friends
They never seen to think about how all the safeguards that they remove, all the conventions that they break, can just as easily be used against them when oneday their party is no longer in power.
An interesting thread on the same story. https://twitter.com/redhistorian/status/1286999540122476544?s=19
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