FOREIGN AFFAIRS Boris’ brinkmanship shakes up Britain, EU*

Britain’s new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has well and truly thrown the cat among the pigeons by proroguing the Houses of Parliament for a month in the run-up to Great Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, due on October 31. The word “prorogue” comes from Old English, and means to discontinue sessions of Parliament without dissolving it. At the time of writing, Britain’s Houses of Parliament are meeting for a week, and are expected to consider a v…

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