The parliamentary battle of our age, and of many ages – over how and whether the UK Brexits – begins, with the signal from Downing Street that the Commons will rise some time between 10 and 13 September and will return for a Queen’s Speech on 14 October.
This will leave MPs with just a few days in early September and in late October to block the no-deal Brexit many of them fear. One source close to Boris Johnson said the decision to suspend parliament for a month was ‘not [about] Brexit, you cynics’. Which shows a certain sense of humour.
But another No. 10 source added: ‘The new Queen’s Speech will be about an agenda for improving the NHS, helping police fight violent crime, stopping violent criminals getting out early, investing in science and infrastructure, and attacking the cost of living with aggressive tax cuts and other measures’.
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