Boris Johnson to suspend parliament

[struggle4progress]

By Bianca Britton and Rob Picheta, CNN
Updated 1:49 p.m. ET, September 9, 2019

Keir Starmer, Labour's Shadow Brexit Secretary, has said the government should have the "decency and courage" to publish its communications about proroguing Parliament and a no-deal Brexit ...

"It is blindingly obvious why we are being shut down, to prevent scrutiny, as there can be no scrutiny if we are not sitting," Starmer added ...

https://edition.cnn.com/uk/live-news/boris-johnson-brexit-dle-gbr-intl/index.html

[maxsolomon]

1. If it's just a unwritten rule, the New Nationalists will ignore it.

Labor better learn to play hardball - better than the Democrats have, at least.

[triron]

2. +1000

[brooklynite]

3. Parliament just passed a law requiring distribution.

[maxsolomon]

4. i don't understand what that means

distribution of what?

[brooklynite]

5. The UK Government has been hiding a report about the likely impacts of a hard Brexit...

...(Operation Yellowhammer).

One of the reason's to prorogue Parlpiament was to prevent investigations of the Brexit impacts. Parliament just voted to force release of the documentation.

[maxsolomon]

6. ah yes

I have heard of the yellowhammer report

thx