UK PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON SUSPENDS THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT OVER NO-DEAL BREXIT. OPPOSITION REVOLTS, CALLS IT A COUP

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson has come under heavy fire from the opposition Labor Party over plans to suspend the UK Parliament in order to deliver a no-deal Brexit. Johnson, who spearheaded the Brexit campaign and has held Britain's top office for all of 35 days--asked Queen Elizabeth to "prorogue" Parliament from September 12 to October 14. The request to the monarch is considered a mere formality in modern times, and as usual, the Queen gave her consent. Many lawmakers and ordinary citizens are calling it a coup. 

Opposition Labor Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, in a letter to the Queen, requested an urgent meeting. He describes the move as a threat to Britain's democracy. Many other Labor leaders and British citizens are also pushing back against the move aggressively with nationwide protests being held. 

Suspending parliament would drastically reduce MPs’ ability to influence changes to the withdrawal agreement or seek a delay. During prorogation, Parliament will not meet to debate or vote on any legislation. The body would not meet in any case between September 12 and October 9, which might make you think lawmakers would only lose five days. But with prorogation, the new Parliamentary session would begin with the Queen's Speech which traditionally lays out a legislative agenda for the coming year. That speech is followed by three days of general debate, which means Brexit opposers could not introduce laws to stop it until October 17. October 17 just happens to be the first day of a two-day European Union conference where Johnson has promised to negotiate a Brexit deal that Parliament will accept. That's a tall order. This is according to reports by the Inc.