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Denzil_DC

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5. Guardian reporter Rob Davies sums up the situation:

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2019, 05:40 AM

Aug 2019

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Rob Davies
@ByRobDavies

Rest of the world: Taking back control, huh?

UK: Sure am.

RoW: Cool, go democracy! So what's the plan?

UK: Well first our unelected Prime Minister asks the hereditary monarch to suspend parliament...

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Boris Johnson 'will today ask the Queen to SUSPEND Parliament days after MPs return to work just... [View all] Soph0571 Aug 2019 OP

Prorogation still_one Aug 2019 #1

One side effect of this T_i_B Aug 2019 #2

There are apparently 700 members of the Queen's Privy Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #9

That's it? Leader of the Commons, Leader of the Lords, and Chief Whip muriel_volestrangler Aug 2019 #10

That's it. Here's the document: Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #11

"The queen, her majesty, had no discretion over this." Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #13

I would love it she denied the request... Pachamama Aug 2019 #3

Statement from Bercow's office: Denzil_DC Aug 2019 #4

Guardian reporter Rob Davies sums up the situation: Denzil_DC Aug 2019 #5

Spot on n/t Soph0571 Aug 2019 #6

Just as Putin wanted. underpants Aug 2019 #7

This ought to be enough to get all opposition parties to support Corbyn as a caretaker PM muriel_volestrangler Aug 2019 #8

Here's the political editor at the Irish Times: Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #12