United Kingdom and Gibraltar European Union membership referendum
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The timing does not suit many Members of the House of Commons: Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to grant the Parliament less consultation time before the end of October planned EU exit, thus causing indignation in the lower house. It is majority against a Brexit without agreement, which Johnson but would like to venture if necessary.
Johnson has announced a government statement for the Queen on October 14.
This "Queen's Speech" opens a new parliamentary period, before there is usually a longer break.
Elizabeth II had already approved Johnson's plan, several British media reported. The opposition is too late: Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn wants to speak with Elizabeth II to thwart Johnson's plans, the Guardian reported. Corbyn wrote to the Queen and made a request, tweeted "Guardian" editor Heather Stewart. Corbyn expressed his concern that Johnson would extend the usually two-week break from mid-September to around four weeks until 14 October.
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Hundreds of thousands of signatures at Onlinepetition
An online petition by citizens against the compulsory break of the British Parliament has collected more than 240,000 virtual signatures within a few hours on Wednesday. The initiators demand that parliamentary action not be interrupted as long as Britain does not postpone leaving the European Union or withdraw its resignation.
Any citizen can bring such petitions, they are above all symbolic nature. Parliament only has to allow a debate on petitions with more than 100,000 signatories. In April, there was such a debate because six million Britons had petitioned for a revocation of Britain's withdrawal from the EU. Direct consequences have neither petitions nor such debates.