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    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson decides to suspend Parliament to further Brexit

    by Christina Boyle and Laura King, Los Angeles Times Aug 29, 2019 4 minutes

    LONDON - A scant nine weeks before Britain is due to exit the European Union, Boris Johnson has made his first big power play as prime minister - one that heightens the prospects of a chaotic departure, a bruising general election, or both.

    The 55-year-old leader's decision Wednesday to suspend Parliament as soon as Sept. 9 came in the guise of what would normally be a dull procedural formality. But with Brexit coming down to the wire, Johnson's critics are calling it an assault on the country's unwritten constitution and traditions - "a very British coup," as one opposition leader put it.

    "It's utterly remarkable," said

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