He is alleged to ape Donald Trump’s tactics and language. Trump is known to never bother about decrying the social ethos. In fact the UK lawmakers are scared of the use of language by Boris.

Johnson’s use of the phrase “surrender act” to refer to the Benn Act has been severely criticised by Labour MPs, who said they were receiving more death threats and referenced the murder of Jo Cox by a rightwing extremist. The senior MPs are worried about the use of language at the moment. They describe it as “incredibly divisive, designed to stoke resentment, provoke anger, to nurse grievances, and feeding to a toxic atmosphere, not just in parliament but more widely.” They chastise the Tory to aim higher than the standards of Donald Trump.

Boris and his aides describe those against Brexit as guilty of treachery or betrayal. In spite of their abusive language they claim themselves to be a “model of restraint”. It is most unfortunate that Johnson has been whipping up fears of rioting if Brexit is not delivered by 31 October so that he can try to invoke emergency powers and avoid extending the UK’s EU membership beyond that date

Significantly MPs cutting across the party line nurse the believe that Downing Street is planning to use the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, which grants special powers in the event of a national emergency, to seek a delay to Brexit if no deal has been struck with Brussels.

Lawmaker Starmer said that Johnson’s strategy was to stoke tensions, and warned him, “Whipping up the idea of riots or even deaths if we do not leave the EU on 31 October is the height of irresponsibility”.

After 11 supreme court judges ruled unanimously last week that Johnson’s decision to shut parliament for five weeks had been unlawful, and declared the prorogation null and void, MPs say there are signs of increasing desperation at No 10 as it faces the prospects of more defeats in parliament and the courts.

In the meantime some leaders are pressing hard to pass a motion censuring Johnson and forcing him to apologise for the language he has used against his Brexit opponents. Even the former Tory prime minister John Major last week expressed fear that the Johnson government would try to bypass the Benn Act through an order of council. He however cautioned: “I should warn the prime minister that – if this route is taken – it will be in flagrant defiance of parliament and utterly disrespectful to the supreme court. It would be a piece of political chicanery that no one should ever forgive or forget.”

The primary reason for Boris stooping such low has been the fear of the rightist forces of Labour leader taking over as the prime minister of UK. In fact the Liberal Democrats, other opposition parties, including some Tory MPs and independents, have already made their intentions clear that they will not under any circumstances agree to install Corbyn in Downing Street, even temporarily.

The past fortnight was the most unedifying in British politics in living memory. Johnson wrote a column that referred to veiled Muslim women as “letterboxes” and “bank robbers”, incidents of anti-Muslim abuse spiked by 375%. It is beyond comprehension what signal does it send when their prime minister accuses parliament of surrender, betrayal and capitulation? Amber Rudd, who served in Johnson’s cabinet until three weeks ago, rightly warned on Friday that the prime minister’s language incites violence.

West Yorkshire Police are already investigating three serious threats against Sherriff, MP for Dewsbury, in the wake of her heated exchange with Johnson last Wednesday. She mentioned “The poison and intolerance that has infected our national political debate has to be excised.”

Leavers and Remainers, left, right and centre, nobody is immune from the threat of violence and intimidation. The attempted attack on Jess Phillips’s office is just the latest reminder that these threats are very real. Rude language can lead to disastrous consequences.
(IPA Service)