Opposition lawmakers said they were being 'silenced' by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament.
: Britain’s House of Commons erupted into protest in the small hours of Wednesday as opposition lawmakers claimed they were being “silenced” by a five-week suspension of Parliament, after staging a last-ditch defeat by rejecting Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call for an early general election.
Monday night’s vote was the second time that his motion for a snap poll was rejected, after opposition lawmakers said they would only support it if a bill to block a no-deal was passed. The delay legislation came into effect yesterday. his resignation on Monday, from leaving his seat. Parliament was officially prorogued at 2:00 a.m. local time., and a popular Scottish nationalist song.
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