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Britain

UK's Johnson wins Queen's approval to suspend Parliament ahead of Brexit

2019-08-29

[DAWN] British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

...pro-Brexit British prime minister, succeeding no-Brexit Theresa May. BoJo is noted as much for his sparkling personality and his hair as for his Conservative policies....
maneuvered on Wednesday to give his political opponents even less time to block a no-deal Brexit before the October 31 withdrawal deadline, winning Queen Elizabeth II's approval to suspend Parliament. His critics were outraged.

Though Johnson previously had refused to rule out such a move, the timing of the decision took politicians many of whom are on vacation by surprise.

Lawmakers reacted with fury, including John Bercow, speaker of the lower House of Commons, who was not told in advance of Johnson's plan.

"Shutting down Parliament would be an offense against the democratic process and the rights of parliamentarians as the people's elected representatives," Bercow said. "Surely at this early stage in his premiership, the prime minister should be seeking to establish rather than undermine his democratic credentials and indeed his commitment to Parliamentary democracy."

Posted by:Fred

#23 Come to think of it, Arthur was the original Brexiteer.

Posted by: Lex 2019-08-29 23:10

#22 As Dr. Johnson said "Ye can make much of a Scotsman if Ye catch him young..."

Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-08-29 22:32

#21 The Kingdom of Arthur didn't include Scotland.

But Arthur was indeed a Celt i.e. a Romanised (sp) Briton, and he fought against those Germanic invaders, the Saxons, across the western part of the island.

Posted by: Lex 2019-08-29 22:20

#20 The Kingdom of Arthur didn't include Scotland.

Someone remind me, is having Scotland a good thing? Seems last I looked, it was a bit spongy in term of soaking up money. I suppose one could always acquire it if necessary by any of the usual means.

Posted by: SteveS 2019-08-29 19:12

#19 Parliament has usual holiday. MSM narrative tries to make this news.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-08-29 18:41

#18 Off with Her Head? Soros-funded ‘Best for Britain’ Group Threatens Queen over Brexit

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-08-29 12:57

#17 "Shutting down Parliament would be an offense against the democratic process and the rights of parliamentarians as the people's elected representatives," Bercow said. "Surely at this early stage in his premiership, the prime minister should be seeking to establish rather than undermine his democratic credentials and indeed his commitment to Parliamentary democracy."

You wanna talk about democracy? How about that election you guys had and the way you parliamentarians have done everything you could to thwart the will of the people ever since then?

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-08-29 12:27

#16 Long live the Queen.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-08-29 12:23

#15 Not likely. The Kingdom of Arthur didn't include Scotland.

Posted by: European Conservative 2019-08-29 11:04

#14 Boris should just pull that sword from the stone and become the rightful King of the Britons. The Queen will be OK with this because it takes her idiot son, Charles, off the board and she can finally retire in peace to raise corgis.

Posted by: SteveS 2019-08-29 10:52

#13 The Liberal Democrats seem to fill the gap in the center now.

Posted by: European Conservative 2019-08-29 10:42

#12 had Labour dumped Corbyn months ago.

When he was tapped to lead, he was an outsider. But it’s become his party now — like our Democratic Party, those in the center-left have been silenced and driven out. See, fir example:

UK Labour members ‘radicalized’ on Israel since Corbyn’s election, report claims
Study of social media posts and online forums finds members have become ‘obsessive’ about Jewish state; disputes view anti-Semitism only exists among small number of new arrivals

Posted by: trailing wife 2019-08-29 10:35

#11 This could backfire in a big way if an irate Parliament gets its act together and passes resolutions in early September Boris won't like.

All this wouldn't have happened had Labour dumped Corbyn months ago.

Posted by: European Conservative 2019-08-29 09:59

#10

Posted by: Omorong Black8889 2019-08-29 09:03

#9 Well the Commies and Muslims in Parliament and in the EU have been showing quite a bit of disrespect toward the Queen. Surprise!

Posted by: Flesing Wittlesbach3140 2019-08-29 08:49

#8 I see the remainers and globalists are in their predictable pearl clutching vapors over this.

Good. Means he is doing something right.

Posted by: DarthVader 2019-08-29 08:35

#7 It’s called proroguing, the formal name for Parliament being released for summer vacation.

Posted by: trailing wife 2019-08-29 08:30

#6 What would've been news is if she didn't approve.

Posted by: Dron66046 2019-08-29 08:00

#5 In this game of chess, the Queen makes her move.

And while a majority of Brits hope she lives forever, her chilluns and grand chilluns are like the Murdoch boys, ready to go 180 degrees the other way as soon as one of them is in charge...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-08-29 07:26

#4 In this game of chess, the Queen makes her move.

Posted by: Snating Gray1918 2019-08-29 07:17

#3 I thought I read this is about as unusual as sunrise, as it's vacation season in the UK and most of the MPs are away anyway.

Posted by: Rob Crawford 2019-08-29 07:09

#2 Yes, the "repeat the process until the proles get the right (desired by the elites) answer" is reminiscent of the last few seconds of a certain bassetbaw game...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-08-29 05:49

#1 "would be an offense against the democratic process and the rights of parliamentarians"

The democratic process already happened. He's just outraged he can't thwart it.

Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-08-29 05:42

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