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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo what do we know about this new possibility of MPs locking themselves into Parliament..
.....at which time they form a new Parliament and choose a new PM?
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So what do we know about this new possibility of MPs locking themselves into Parliament.. (Original Post)
Grasswire2
Aug 2019
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Eyeball_Kid
(7,429 posts)1. Check with the UK newspapers. I did. There's nothing about this. n/t
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)3. Rebel MPs vow to occupy alternative parliament, thousands to protest prorogation plan (Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-parliament-prorogue-boris-johnson-suspend-plan-commons-rebel-mps-a9086376.html
More than 50 cross-party MPs have vowed to sit in an alternative House of Commons if Boris Johnson suspends parliament ahead of the Brexit deadline. In an open letter, the opposition MPs branded the move an "unconstitutional coup" and said parliamentarians must not allow the government to "avoid scrutiny at this time of national crisis".
Thousands of demonstrators are expected to take to the streets across the country today as fury mounts over the prime minister's plan to prorogue parliament for more than a month ahead of 31 October...
... "We call for MPs to sit at an alternative parliament to continue holding the government to account and fight this most damaging Brexit."
The move comes after senior opposition party figures gathered at Church House - the wartime home of parliament - where they agreed that shutting down parliament would be a "democratic outrage". Meanwhile, around 80 protests were due to be held across the UK on Saturday, as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators were expected to express their fury at Mr Johnson's prorogation plan...
More than 50 cross-party MPs have vowed to sit in an alternative House of Commons if Boris Johnson suspends parliament ahead of the Brexit deadline. In an open letter, the opposition MPs branded the move an "unconstitutional coup" and said parliamentarians must not allow the government to "avoid scrutiny at this time of national crisis".
Thousands of demonstrators are expected to take to the streets across the country today as fury mounts over the prime minister's plan to prorogue parliament for more than a month ahead of 31 October...
... "We call for MPs to sit at an alternative parliament to continue holding the government to account and fight this most damaging Brexit."
The move comes after senior opposition party figures gathered at Church House - the wartime home of parliament - where they agreed that shutting down parliament would be a "democratic outrage". Meanwhile, around 80 protests were due to be held across the UK on Saturday, as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators were expected to express their fury at Mr Johnson's prorogation plan...
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)2. I've heard something about this but I don't remember where
Possibly the Guardian's live updating Thursday or Friday. I don't believe it's fully fleshed out.
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)4. "unwritten constitution", we have a written constitution and Red Don doesn't give a damn about it