British MP's are freaked...
https://euobserver.com/brexit/145758
British MPs outraged, pound slides as Johnson prorogues Parliament ahead of Brexit
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/worl...will-prorogue/
Isle of Wight MP supports decision to prorogue Parliament — but critics brand it an 'attack on democracy'
https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/1...-democracy-39/
GBP/USD – Plunges as Boris plays prorogue card
https://www.marketpulse.com/20190828...prorogue-card/
British PM to suspend parliament before Brexit, opposition denounces 'coup'
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-b...-idUSKCN1VI0TJ
within hours
Over half a million sign petition to stop proroguing of parliament
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ing-parliament
Senior EU figures and many British MPs have attacked UK prime minister Boris Johnson after he announced plans to suspend parliament for the sake of Brexit.
The Queen's Speech, the formal opening of a new session, ought to take place on 14 October, he said on Wednesday (28 August).
That meant parliament would be in shutdown on Brexit day on 31 October and that MPs could not block a no deal crash-out.
It also meant opposition MPs had just a few days in September to mount a challenge to the plan and it pushed the UK deeper into a constitutional crisis
Johnson's move was "sinister", the European Parliament's Brexit point man, MEP Guy Verhofstadt, said when the news broke.
"As a fellow parliamentarian, my solidarity with those fighting for their voices to be heard. Suppressing debate on profound choices is unlikely to help deliver a stable future EU-UK relationship," the Belgian politician tweeted.
Nathalie Loiseau, a French MEP close to French president Emmanuel Macron, said: "We could see a no-deal Brexit coming. Now it is a Brexit without debate that looms. What disease does British democracy suffer from that it fears debate before making one of the most important decisions in its history?".
The Queen's Speech, the formal opening of a new session, ought to take place on 14 October, he said on Wednesday (28 August).
That meant parliament would be in shutdown on Brexit day on 31 October and that MPs could not block a no deal crash-out.
It also meant opposition MPs had just a few days in September to mount a challenge to the plan and it pushed the UK deeper into a constitutional crisis
Johnson's move was "sinister", the European Parliament's Brexit point man, MEP Guy Verhofstadt, said when the news broke.
"As a fellow parliamentarian, my solidarity with those fighting for their voices to be heard. Suppressing debate on profound choices is unlikely to help deliver a stable future EU-UK relationship," the Belgian politician tweeted.
Nathalie Loiseau, a French MEP close to French president Emmanuel Macron, said: "We could see a no-deal Brexit coming. Now it is a Brexit without debate that looms. What disease does British democracy suffer from that it fears debate before making one of the most important decisions in its history?".
British MPs outraged, pound slides as Johnson prorogues Parliament ahead of Brexit
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/worl...will-prorogue/
Isle of Wight MP supports decision to prorogue Parliament — but critics brand it an 'attack on democracy'
https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/1...-democracy-39/
GBP/USD – Plunges as Boris plays prorogue card
https://www.marketpulse.com/20190828...prorogue-card/
British PM to suspend parliament before Brexit, opposition denounces 'coup'
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-b...-idUSKCN1VI0TJ
within hours
Over half a million sign petition to stop proroguing of parliament
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ing-parliament
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