Queen approves Boris Johnson request to suspend parliament

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: Independent UK

Opponents of a no-deal Brexit have accused Boris Johnson of a “coup” against parliament, after it was announced that both the Commons and Lords will be suspended for more than a month in the run-up to the date of EU withdrawal.

The Queen approved an order from the prime minister for parliament to be “prorogued” from the second week in September until 14 October - just 17 days before the scheduled date of Brexit on Halloween.

Approval was given at a session of the Privy Council in Balmoral despite letters from Jeremy Corbyn and Jo Swinson requesting urgent meetings with the Queen to urge her to withhold it.

Commons Speaker John Bercow denounced the suspension of sittings - due to begin between 9 and 12 September - as a "constitutional outrage", while former chancellor Philip Hammond described it as "profoundly undemocratic".

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-suspend-parliament-queen-prorogue-commons-brexit-a9082281.html

[Fix The Stupid]

1. "just a figurehead...no real power"...lol.

"Think of the tourism $$'s", etc, etc.

Who elected the queen again? lol...

What a joke.

Fucking 2019 and we still have "royalty".

[Loki Liesmith]

3. You a Brit?

If not then you don’t “still have royalty”.

[Fix The Stupid]

5. I'm Canadian, and yes I do...and wtf does that have to do with anything? n/t

[Loki Liesmith]

6. Well then petition your government to remove her as head of state. It can be done.

But I think you won't have a lot of buy in from your fellow subjects.

Me, I don't care what the UK and its commonwealth does wrt to the royal family.

Royalty is a tourist attraction. If a nation wants to keep some paid actors around to play fake government to bring in the tourists, I couldn't imagine caring.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. They have buy-in from me in the UK. The old bag has shown herself to be useless.

She didn't consult with the Speaker of the Commons, or the Leader of the Opposition. She has admitted she is a waster of space, constitutionally.

Down with the monarchy.

[dem4decades]

31. Does some one have dirt on her son? Is that why she is trying to undo democracy?

[muriel_volestrangler]

32. It's not that she's trying to do anything; she's just refusing to get involved

which means she is useless.

[dem4decades]

33. Isn't her conceding to Johnson's request getting involved? And why does she have a say?

She's a tourist attraction.

[Loki Liesmith]

34. It's her job to be useless

The point is to look interesting but not do anything substantive. The last time the monarchy actually intervened in politics there was significant blowback.

[Loki Liesmith]

35. Good. Get a movement going.

Enjoy.

[JI7]

37. nobody is going to do anything other than post on the internet

[LanternWaste]

12. You imply only the British have royalty.

That is a grossly inaccurate sentiment.

[Seedersandleechers]

16. We have royalty

when Trump can do any freaking thing he wants and no one does a damn thing about it.

[PoliticAverse]

27. He can't. The courts have stopped him several times. n/t

[dem4decades]

28. Yeah but the rest of the world has to deal with that shit "royalty". Maybe she should spend some

time asking her son just what he was up to hanging around with Epstein.

[JI7]

30. it's our legal system that should have dealt with that

[Perseus]

4. If you are not British you will have no clue or understanding of the meaning of royalty

England without royalty would not be the same. Even though there are some people who oppose it, by large numbers the British people love and support their royalty.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Yeah, this shows it'd be better. I'm British. She needs to abdicate.

And Charles can fuck off to his Duchy Originals.

[rockfordfile]

17. That's their problem

[BannonsLiver]

24. +1

It's kind of amazing the number of supposed progressives who mock and deride the traditions of other countries with knee jerk reactions. It's pretty intellectually lazy, tbh.

[mahina]

15. We miss our Queen Lili'uokalani terribly.

I sure wish this queen didn’t do what she just did and let Boris prevail.

[BannonsLiver]

23. Well, if you knew anything about her role then you'd know that it was required

[BannonsLiver]

25. Boo hoo.

[JI7]

29. she is a figurehead . asking her was the formality.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. A liberal vs conservative issue

Jeremy Corbyn would scare anyone

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. He scares me less than Johnson telling the queen what to do and ignore parliament

He is now my choice for PM.

[crazytown]

10. Great little (unwritten) constitution you've got there

Charles I, hung parliament out to dry, and not much has changed. The executive rules dejure. Charles should assume is rightful title as King Charles III.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Ruth Davidson expected to quit as Scottish Tory leader

Ruth Davidson is expected to quit as leader of the Scottish Conservative party because of her irreconcilable differences with Boris Johnson over Brexit and the pressures of motherhood.

Scottish Tory sources said an announcement was imminent. Davidson was “considering her position”, one source added, although he stressed it was not connected to Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament.

“Ruth will make her decision clear in due course, and there will be no further comment this evening,” her spokesman said.
...
One of Johnson’s first acts as prime minister was to sack her close friend and ally David Mundell, who served as Scottish secretary for five years.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/28/ruth-davidson-expected-to-quit-as-scottish-tory-leader

She was their hope, once, as the 'sane' Tory. They've run too far to the right for her.

[Thyla]

13. Guess she has moved on from screwing with internal politics.

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It was easier in the 70's I guess.

F her.

My wife is French, she can't understand why that lot still have their heads. I tend to agree.

[Baclava]

14. Well i learned a new word, prorogue

Formal name given to the period of the end of one session of the UK Parliament to the opening of the next session.

Usually only a couple of days. The power to do this belongs to the Monarch and is not usually turned down if requested by the prime minister

[jpak]

18. Who's a Happy Boy?

[Ilsa]

20. This is the winning reply.

It shows how everyone else is losing.

Putin wanted this. He got it. The EU is now weaker.

I guess he'll hammer on NATO some more next.

[Delphinus]

22. Sadly,

you got it.

[Jose Garcia]

21. They never should have hired Adam Lambert

[we can do it]

36. 😂

[samnsara]

26. harrys not gonna have a happy wife!!!