He may not be the absolutist king, but Johnson is isolated and autocratic – and we’ve seen that before, says the author and campaigner John Rees
When a prime minister who hasn’t faced a general election gains the assent of an unelected monarch to prorogue parliament, it is inevitable that some parallels will be found with Charles I’s dismissal of MPs in the mid-17th century.
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