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  • Queen approves PM request to suspend parliament - cutting time to block no-deal Brexit

    08/28/2019 7:34:01 AM PDT · by Cronos · 35 replies
    Sky news ^ | 28 Aug 2019 | Greg Heffer
    The Queen has approved Boris Johnson's request to suspend parliament from the middle of next month, which will restrict MPs' ability to block a no-deal Brexit. In a move prompting a furious political row, parliament will be prorogued in the week beginning 9 September until 14 October. This is the date on which a new Queen's Speech - detailing the legislative agenda of Mr Johnson's administration - will be held. ...The action will see parliament lose a number of sitting days prior to the UK's scheduled departure from the EU on 31 October. Asked if he was denying opposition MPs...
  • UK Government to ask Queen to suspend Parliament

    08/28/2019 2:08:43 AM PDT · by RandFan · 33 replies
    BBC ^ | 08/28/2019 | BBC
    The Queen will be asked by the government to suspend Parliament just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline. BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says it will make way for Boris Johnson's new administration to hold a Queen's Speech - laying out the government's plans - on 14 October. But it means MPs are unlikely to have time to pass any laws that could stop the prime minister taking the UK out of the EU without a deal on 31 October. Tory backbencher and Remain campaigner Dominic Grieve called...