EXCLUSIVE: Anti-Brexit MPs could have their Parliament passes deactivated to stop a sit-in
Thousands of placard-waving protesters slam Brexit Parliament shutdownJACOB REES-MOCKBoJo warns MPs if they don't back him Corbyn will 'plunge country into chaos'
MPs will try to seize control of the Parliamentary agenda on Tuesday — and then ram through a new lawBut Brexit-backers will attempt to talk out the move by staging long-winded debates and raising points of order during its passage through the Commons and the Lords. Their idea is to run down the clock before the five-week suspension of proceedings begins.
Once Parliament has been prorogued, sittings can only resume in the event of the monarch’s death, war or a national emergency, such as an earthquake or disease outbreak. ASecurity teams have had extra briefings and staff advised to remove passes as they leave to avoid being harangued by demonstrators.
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