I told you the other day that there was a coup underway <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>by the elites I call The Davos Crowd<\/em>. It started with the British Supreme Court overturning centuries of the balance of powers and ended with the Democrats in Congress announcing impeachment proceedings against President Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n When the decision came down from the Supreme Court I began my weekly article for Strategic Culture Foundation. They published it today<\/strong><\/span>.<\/a> In that piece I outline what the dynamics are and what the options were for both sides of the Brexit conundrum.<\/span><\/p>\n So, now with this ruling in place what\u2019s next and what\u2019s really going on tactically and strategically?<\/span><\/p>\n Johnson, for his part, refuses to resign. He can\u2019t or won\u2019t get anything past this hostile Parliament. This Parliament will reconvene to push more legislation to attempt to tie his hands against negotiating with the EU from any position of strength.<\/span><\/p>\n Remember what made this ruling necessary. Parliament doesn\u2019t want any meaningful Brexit and refused to accept Johnson\u2019s offer of a General Election to allow the people to form a new government to break the deadlock.<\/span><\/p>\n Why? Because they know that a new Parliament would be decidedly more Leave than Remain. The polls are perfectly clear on this. Neither Jo Swinson of the Liberal Democrats nor Jeremy Corbyn of Labour have a prayer in hell of becoming Prime Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n If they did, they would have accepted Johnson\u2019s offer. In fact, his offer was derided as a cheap political trick.<\/span><\/p>\n If Johnson were to resign here, he would be replaced by a caretaker government under Corbyn, most likely, which would then table a Second Referendum with two versions of Remain on the ballot.<\/span><\/p>\n This strategy neatly bypasses the original referendum to ensure the threat to the European Union is nullified.<\/span><\/p>\n After the shouting match in Parliament on Tuesday Jeremy Corbyn declined to table a motion of No Confidence. I believe his side of the House was as surprised by Johnson\u2019s refusal to step down as Johnson and crew were taken aback by Corbyn\u2019s refusal of a General Election.<\/span><\/p>\n And now that they\u2019ve had a couple of days to think it over, we now know that this is what they are planning to do.<\/span><\/p>\n Nicola Sturgeon, the head of the Scottish National Party (SNP) tweeted out:<\/span><\/p>\n Agree with this. VONC, opposition unites around someone for sole purpose of securing an extension, and then immediate General Election. Nothing is risk free but leaving Johnson in post to force through no deal – or even a bad deal – seems like a terrible idea to me. https:\/\/t.co\/VYSOLLdR21<\/a><\/p>\n — Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) September 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n