Performative prorogation: what Johnson, Cummings and Co are trying to teach the public
White, J.
(2 September 2019)
Performative prorogation: what Johnson, Cummings and Co are trying to teach the public.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
(2 September 2019)
Performative prorogation: what Johnson, Cummings and Co are trying to teach the public.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
By proroguing Parliament, the government may be trying to teach the public that liberal democracy is a charade and that playing dirty is how politics must go, writes Jonathan White. He explains how prorogation is a performance of ideas about authority and politics.