After more than 1,000 days of political brawling, hordes of headlines and dizzyi...
LONDON - After more than 1,000 days of political brawling, hordes of headlines and dizzying lurches in sterling, the battle of Brexit enters the endgame.
They may have just days to stop Johnson, and are ready to use every piece of arcane parliamentary process at their disposal. His showdown with parliament will determine the course of Brexit - the United Kingdom’s most significant geopolitical decision since World War Two. The current parliament, for decades defined by loyalties to either the centre-right Conservatives or the centre-left Labour Party, reflects those deep divisions, with a minority government in power and each party internally split over the right approach to Brexit.When lawmakers return from their summer break on Sept. 3, those opposed to Johnson’s strategy, combining all rival parties and some Conservative rebels, have two main options to try to stop him: change the law, or change the government.
Johnson denied any impropriety, saying it was in line with the conventions that allow him to set out his new political programme, and insisting there would be time to debate Brexit. It would require a helping hand from parliament’s Speaker John Bercow - who denounced Johnson’s move to suspend the assembly - to seize temporary control of the legislative process, as well as several days of parliamentary time, and total unity in order to win votes.
Johnson has an armoury of parliamentary devices he can use to stall the process if needed, from jamming the timetable with immovable events to filibustering the legislation in parliament’s upper chamber, the House of Lords. “People don’t really know what the rules are. There are competing versions of what is and what is not proper constitutional conduct,” said Andrew Blick, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History at King’s College London.
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