...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....
denied on Thursday that he had lied to Queen Elizabeth over the reasons for suspending the British parliament after a court ruled his decision was unlawful and opponents called for politicians to be recalled to discuss Brexit.
Since Johnson won the top job in July, Britannia’s Brexit crisis has spun more furiously, leaving investors and allies bewildered by an array of decisions that have pushed the once stable political system to its limits.
Parliament was prorogued, or suspended, on Monday until Oct 14, a move Johnson’s opponents said was designed to thwart their attempts to scrutinise his plans for leaving the Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...an Union and to allow him to push through Brexit on Oct 31, with or without an exit deal to smooth the way.
Scotland’s highest court of appeal ruled on Wednesday that the suspension was not lawful and was intended to stymie politicians, prompting opponents to question whether Johnson had lied to Elizabeth, who must formally order the prorogation.
"Absolutely not," Johnson said when asked by a TV news hound if he had misled the queen, who is the world’s longest reigning monarch and is widely respected for more than 67 years of dedicated service during which she has stayed above the fray of politics.
Johnson said the current session of parliament was longer than any since the English civil war in the 17th century, adding that politicians would have plenty of time to again discuss Brexit after an EU summit on Oct 17 and 18.
He says parliament was suspended to allow the government to present its legislative programme.
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