The Daily Telegraph reports:
The Queen will be asked to agree to suspend Parliament today, it has emerged.
Her Majesty, who is in Balmoral, will be asked to agree to prorogue parliament by the Privy Council.
They will meet on Wednesday to discuss extending the conference recess until Oct 14, with the Queen’s Speech being held on that date.
It is understood Parliament is likely to meet from next Monday until around Sept 11, as Downing Street believes it has “legal protection” if they are suspending Parliament to come back with a Queen’s Speech.
If it goes ahead, it will decrease the time MPs have to try to stop no deal.
After it was reported that the Government could suspend Parliament from mid-September, Conservative Party chairman James Cleverly tweeted: “Or to put it another way: Government to hold a Queen’s Speech, just as all new Governments do.”
UPDATE:
Her Majesty has agreed to the prorogation.
Hmmm. see your point re looking after Nigel. I don’t think he will just present May’s deal minus the backstop. For one thing there would still be enough rebels to stop it going through. More likely, either it is a way of getting brexit without any deal or he’s hoping the EU will agree to trade talks immediately after 31/10. Or it may be no more than the Queen’s Speech ensuring he wins the election which must come soon.
This all smacks of a massive distraction… “look, a squirrel!”
The Queen gets herself onto the front pages of the media, conveniently taking some of the heat off Prince Andrew for a bit, who is still embroiled in this Jeffrey Epstein business.
I think your tinfoil titfer has a hole in it…
HRH had no say in the timing of today’s actions.
Please god, Keep Nigel healthy.
I hope he’s checking those wheel nuts…
No, keep Braine and Cleverly healthy.
Boris to Berkow: F U and the Shetland pony you rode in on.
Think there are Highland ponies from Scotland – more up to weight.
This action became imperative after yesterday’s meeting of the Thwart Brexit cabal. This move really does narrow their options. If they go for a VONC, Johnson can call a GE for October 31st or November 7th, thus ensuring we leave the EU without any kind of restrictions on our relationships with other nations.
Or the anti Brexit cabal can wait & see if we get a deal, which is what they claim to want (OK, we all know this is a lie & they want nothing less than to stop Brexit altogether).
This breaking news has really lit the blue touch paper.
Wee Jimmy Cranky stamping her feet muttering about elected by zero point something percent of the electorate (and the unopposed woman president of the common market?)
I even thought I heard Bunter on sky News saying ”Carruthers bring me my brown corduroy trou. . . ” (farting noise) ”too late!”.
Sourberry of the party with its Velcro logo for quickchange, was getting plenty of airtime, and so on.
The only group not represented was… No I don’t know either. They only interview remainers.
Good points. Sourberry was on EVERY media channel including LBC/ BBC/SKY/ITV.
She clocks in at 0% in the polls.
Whilst Richard Braine, who also gets 0% in the You Gov polls, doesn’t interview at all !
Its a swizz !
I wouldn’t know ‘cos gave up the TV license swizz.
Chaos then, just as the Tory party said they would unleash three or four years ago. Welcome to the new political order as we lead the world in the race to the bottom of parliamentary government.
Boris needed to take a tough line with these parliamentary quislings. 3 years have passed by and we are still in limbo. I hope he does deliver Brexit by 31st October and not a regurgitated WA.
October 14th? Now there’s a date to remember: Battle of Hastings. Let’s hope in 2019 it turns out better for the English than in 1066.
The Remainiacs are saying that suspending Parliament is an outrage and undemocratic. Do they think thwarting the wishes of 17.4 million people who instructed them to leave the EU is democratic? Their arrogance and hypocrisy is unbelievable, particularly those MP’s who have changed parties but not held a by-election. How democratic is that?
Today, we have David Lammy MP promising to lead ‘civil disobedience’ and Tom Brake MP saying he will respond to HM The Queen’s proroguement of Parliament with his ‘iron fist’ .
Both statements go against their Oaths of Allegiance to the Queen. They should be suspended from Parliament and investigated for inciting violence. Particularly Lammy, whose Tottenham constituency has a very bad history of rioting and violence. He knows exactly what he’s doing.
Not Nov 1st ? Still spikes the traitors’ guns a lot. Nice one.
Surely it needs to be prorogued until the day after we leave the EU to be certain of shutting down the remoaners?
Wouldn`t that give the game away, Boris could hardly be said to be maintaining his “negotiating a deal” stance as required by parliament and it would probably have meant the Privy Council wouldn`t have agreed to take part.
He now has time to “appear” to be negotiating a settlement, but I am with Viv in wondering what sort of WA settlement that parliament would have no option of passing when faced with the alternative of No Deal.
I think there is going to be a last minute offer which parliament won`t be able to refuse.
Haven’t the Eurocrats already said no change to the WA and the backstop?
Gives the EU a couple of weeks to remove the backstop only and for Boris to then claim he has made the breakthrough, and thus accept the rest of the WA. We are not yet there by a long way IMO.
So Boris presents his old style WA to parliament i.e. minus the backstop, what happens if Parliament accepts it?
The TraiTories go back to polling single figures and the BXP towards the thirties. Not great for the imminent election when their majority is one.