Johnson moves to suspend parliament as Brexit looms
28 August 2019 |
2:53 pm
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will ask Queen Elizabeth II to suspend the U.K. Parliament from mid-September to mid-October -- a move that could hamper lawmakers’ efforts to block a no-deal Brexit and even trigger a constitutional crisis. Rosalind Mathieson reports on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
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