![]() ![]() ![]() “However it is dressed up it is blindingly obvious that the purpose of prorogation now would be to stop Parliament debating Brexit and performing its duty,” he added. Speaker of the House John Bercow called it “a constitutional outrage.” Some are accusing him of flinging the UK into a constitutional crisis. Not many MPs are buying Johnson’s excuse. “There will be a significant Brexit legislative programme to get through but that should be no excuse for a lack of ambition!” “I therefore intend to bring forward a new bold and ambitious domestic legislative agenda for the renewal of our country after Brexit,” Johnson wrote. In a letter to lawmakers, the prime minister said this legislative session had to end, as it’s one of the longest in history. Johnson has denied that putting Parliament on a five-week break as the United Kingdom is in the middle of a national crisis over Brexit has anything to do with the national crisis over Brexit. Leaving the EU without a deal is something Johnson has said he’s willing and ready to do, but MPs largely oppose that route because of the potential economic fallout. Here’s what this means in practice: Members of Parliament will now have a very narrow window to a) debate, scrutinize, and pass a Brexit deal if there’s one on offer or b) stop the UK from exiting the European Union without an agreement in place on October 31. (There was practically no chance that the queen, who stays above the political fray, would deny Johnson’s request, though technically she could have.) Now Parliament will be suspended for five weeks, from September 9 at the earliest, or September 12 at the latest, until October 14. The queen has approved Johnson’s request, which was mostly a formality anyway. On Wednesday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Queen Elizabeth II to suspend - otherwise known as “prorogue” - Parliament until October 14, in what very much looked like an attempt to prevent members of Parliament (MPs) from blocking a no-deal Brexit before the October 31 deadline. Who had “proroguing Parliament” on their Brexit bingo card? ![]()
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