Boris Johnson Faces Parliament Showdown Over Brexit
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament’s Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson making a statement in the House of Commons in London on July 25, 2019.The fate of Brexit hung in the balance on Tuesday as parliament prepared for an explosive showdown with Prime Minister Boris Johnson that could end in a snap election.
His decision to suspend parliament for over a month starting next week so that MPs do not try to hinder his progress has stirred outrage and is being challenged in three separate courts. Lawmakers will first try on Tuesday to take over the government’s power to determine what legislation is put up for a vote.
“There will be enough people for us to get this over the line,” Conservative former finance minister Philip Hammond predicted on Tuesday. But his aides later made clear that a national poll was being pencilled in for October 14 if parliament managed to seize the initiative on Tuesday.
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