Opposition MPs have been fighting to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson forcing through a no-deal Brexit.
: Boris Johnson’s government is expected to suspend Parliament from mid-September after announcing the Queen's Speech would be held in October. The move means that opposition MPs and his opponents inside the Conservative Party will have limited time to prevent the United Kingdom from leaving the European Union without a trade deal.
The Government will hold the Queen’s Speech, which normally marks the opening of Parliament and where Queen Elizabeth II sets out the government's agenda for the year, on October 14th, which usually requires Parliament to be prorogued. have been scrambling to try and pass a law which would prevent Johnson forcing through a no-deal Brexit by his “do or die” October 31 deadline.political editor Laura Kuenssberg, only a"tiny handful" of cabinet MPs were briefed beforehand on the move, however a cabinet call will be held on Wednesday morning.
Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, tweeted:"Unless MPs come together to stop him next week, today will go down in history as a dark one indeed for UK democracy.":"We do not have a 'new government.' This action is an utterly scandalous affront to our democracy. We cannot let this happen.
But their hopes of this have been slimmed as they now have a matter of days, as opposed to weeks, to command the Parliamentary timetable. They are expected to call for an emergency debate next week.
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