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Prorogue meaning
To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session. | To defer. | To prolong or extend.
Example sentences (20)
Prorogue Boris Johnson, prorogue every word that escapes from his unbearable gob, not one of which has been true in the last six abysmal weeks.
He will prorogue Parliament, which would suspend Parliament and all of its committees until after the speech from the throne.
Mr Cain has developed a reputation as an ardent Brexiteer and helped forge Mr Johnson's tough stance last year which saw him controversially prorogue parliament in an attempt to prevent pro-Remain MPs blocking a no-deal departure.
The bill has also amended Section 83 of the constitution to strip the prime minister of his powers to unilaterally prorogue parliament without the backing of two-thirds of the 120 legislators.
Unfortunately for Yasmin Ratansi, she cannot prorogue her constituency office problems away, unlike her boss.
A government source said there was a definite and clear plan to prorogue parliament being hatched by Johnson’s closest advisers.
Aidan O’Neill QC, representing the parliamentarians, said: ‘A decision to prorogue shuts down Parliament.
Any move to prorogue parliament would enrage the Commons Speaker, John Bercow, who said recently at the Edinburgh festival that parliament could stop a no-deal Brexit.
Because thanks to his rogue prorogue, the is now back to square one.
Extinction Rebellion activist Glenn Drake, 65, from Lowestoft in Suffolk, brandished a sign which read 'Boris, sort climate change first, (then) prorogue Brexit', at Trafalgar Square on the second day of the two-week long international protests.
He also said decisions to prorogue Parliament "are inherently and fundamentally political in nature" and not a matter for the courts.
If the government loses, parliament may be recalled immediately, but Mr Johnson could simply try to prorogue parliament again.
Is the PM going to try to prorogue Parliament again?
It would effectively mean that he would have to rely on the royal prerogative, exercisable by him as prime minister, to prorogue parliament, which would not require the consent of MPs.
Lord Doherty said he would not rule definitively that the prime minister had the powers to ask the Queen to prorogue parliament until a full hearing of the case, which he brought forward to Tuesday next week.
Mr Johnson also briefed the Cabinet today on his move to prorogue Parliament again on Tuesday for a Queen’s Speech.
One thing that won’t affect the chance of a no-deal exit is the pending case before the UK Supreme Court over the legality of the decision to prorogue parliament, says Bobby Friedman in The Daily Telegraph.
So prorogue him as well.
The questioning from the supreme court justices hinted that that they could find Johnson acted improperly to prorogue parliament but also rule that they don't have the power to order parliament back.
The ruling overturned an earlier decision that the courts did not have the power to interfere with Boris Johnson’s order to prorogue parliament.