NEW: UK government accused of bringing the country to the brink of a constitutional crisis after widespread reports that PM Johnson is preparing to ask Queen Elizabeth to suspend Parliament.
LONDON — The British government was accused of bringing the country to the brink of a constitutional crisis Wednesday after widespread reports that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to ask Queen Elizabeth II to suspend Parliament.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference at the end of the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, Aug. 26, 2019.lawmaker Ben Bradshaw called the move"a coup, plain and simple, against our parliamentary democracy."Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish Parliament, said that"today will go down in history as a dark one indeed for U.K. democracy" if Johnson went through with the move.
Next week was already set for a showdown between the prime minister and the House of Commons, which is currently on recess. Suspending Parliament would reduce the amount of working days before Oct. 31, the deadline when Britain is official set to exit the E.U. The Institute for Government think tank says that suspending Parliament in this way, officially known as"proroguing Parliament" would be"undemocratic" and"a deeply troubling precedent to set."
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