Britain risks constitutional crisis as parliament is suspended

Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, was accused of a "constitutional outrage" on Wednesday after securing permission from Queen Elizabeth to suspend Parliament for a month until mid-October while his government works on Brexit. Officials announced the current session of parliament would end before September 12 to allow Mr Johnson to bring forward his own legislative programme five weeks later. Critics and opponents immediately decried the duration of the break, which is the longest since 1945, claiming Downing Street was abusing the constitution to ensure Parliament could not derail its Brexit plans.
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