US President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to express support for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s move to suspend the British Parliament in a push to deliver Brexit by the end of October. POTUS has said that opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will have a hard time seeking to launch a no-confidence vote as the incumbent government is “what Britain has been looking for”.
Would be very hard for Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, to seek a no-confidence vote against New Prime Minister Boris Johnson, especially in light of the fact that Boris is exactly what the U.K. has been looking for, & will prove to be “a great one!” Love U.K.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 28, 2019
This comes as Jeremy Corbyn said he will try to bring legislation to Parliament next week in an attempt to thwart Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to suspend Parliament and then bring a no-confidence vote to Parliament.
He said Mr Johnson's move was "an outrage and a threat to our democracy".
Boris Johnson’s attempt to suspend parliament to avoid scrutiny of his plans for a reckless No Deal Brexit is an outrage and a threat to our democracy.
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) August 28, 2019
Labour will work across Parliament to hold the government to account and prevent a disastrous No Deal.
Mr Corbyn said 14 October was not the proper time for a Queen's Speech and Mr Johnson needs to be held to account by Parliament.
He said: "He needs to be held to account by parliament - not by shutting down parliament but by attending parliament and answering the questions. When parliament does meet on his timetable very briefly next week, the first thing we'll do is attempt legislation to prevent what he's doing and secondly we'll challenge him in a motion of confidence at some point".
— Henry Zeffman (@hzeffman) August 28, 2019
The Guardian is also reporting Mr Corbyn has written to the Queen, expressing concern about the prime minister's move and requesting a meeting with her.
But The Times' political correspondent, Henry Zeffman, said Corbyn's move had come too late as the Queen, at Balmoral in Scotland, had already made the order.
NEW - understand Jeremy Corbyn has written to the Queen, expressing concern about Boris Johnson's announcement that he's proroguing parliament, and requesting a meeting with her.
— Heather Stewart (@GuardianHeather) August 28, 2019
In June 2016 the people of Britain voted narrowly in a referendum in favour of exiting the European Union.
Since then Parliament has been deadlocked about how to carry out Brexit and Boris Johnson appears to have run out of patience.
On Wednesday, 28 August, Mr Johnson wrote to Tory MPs explaining why he was taking the exceptional step of suspending Parliament.
The PM has just gone up in my estimation. He is right to do whatever it takes to deliver Brexit. I hope this is just the beginning of the shocks in store from no10
— Isabel Oakeshott (@IsabelOakeshott) August 28, 2019
But the Speaker of Parliament, John Bercow said the move was a "constitutional outrage", a position echoed by the former Chancellor, Philip Hammond, who said it was "profoundly undemocratic".
Mr Johnson has a working majority of just one seat in the 650-seat Parliament and several Tory MPs are said to be considering supporting a vote of no confidence in him.
Dominic Grieve, a Remainer Tory MP, said he thought a no-confidence vote was more likely than Mr Johnson getting his way in Parliament.
The PM has just gone up in my estimation. He is right to do whatever it takes to deliver Brexit. I hope this is just the beginning of the shocks in store from no10
— Isabel Oakeshott (@IsabelOakeshott) August 28, 2019
He said: "If it is impossible to prevent prorogation, then I think it's going to be very difficult for people like myself to keep confidence in the government."
While suspending parliament ahead of a Queen's Speech is the historical norm in Britain, the decision to limit parliamentary scrutiny weeks before the country's most contentious policy decision in decades prompted an immediate outcry.
Anyone comparing Boris Johnson's request for a prorogation to events leading up to the second world war is not just a idiot but a knave. What's more is that such idiocy is an insult to all of the victims of the world's most harrowing war.
— Adam Garrie (@adamgarriereal) August 28, 2019
