Queen backs Boris

PM wins royal seal of approval for bold move in Brexit stoush

THE Queen has approved Boris Johnson’s bombshell request to suspend parliament and stop Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to block No Deal Brexit.

The Sun reports that Her Majesty met with Privy Council members yesterday at Balmoral and an order to prorogue parliament between September 9 and October 14 was given the green light.

Brexiteer and Lord of the Council Jacob Rees-Mogg, Baroness Natalie Evans and Mark Spencer MP were the three counsellors who met the Monarch on behalf of the PM.

While the Queen’s decision is a boost for Mr Johnson, it would have been unprecedented for her to refuse the request of a sitting PM.

No.10 would have expected this step and will now look towards fighting a Corbyn noconfidence vote in the Commons.

Mr Johnson’s bold move to block MPs from sitting in parliament for around five weeks over conference season will give rebels less time to launch new plots to stop the UK leaving on October 31.

MPs would come back for a Queen’s speech on October 14 under the plans, just two weeks before the UK is due to leave the EU. That would leave just days for a possible vote of no confidence in Mr Johnson, or for rebel MPs to pass a law to push back the Brexit date.

No.10 also confirmed that if Mr Johnson gets a deal with the EU, it will bring it forward for a vote in the Commons before October 31

Mr Johnson said: “We are not going to wait for October 31 before getting on with our plans to take the country forward. That’s why we are going to have a Queen’s speech and we are going to do it on October 14.”

He argued there was still “ample time” for MPs to debate Brexit.

Rebel MPs had discussed plans yesterday to try to scrap the conference recess altogether to give them as much time to wreck Brexit as possible.