Published 21:17 IST, October 14th 2019
Brexit: British Queen calls the EU exit a 'priority' for government
Queen Elizabeth II on October 14 said while speaking to the lawmakers that the UK is aiming for Brexit by October 31 with or without out without a divorce deal
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Queen Elizabeth II on October 14 has said that Britain is aiming for Brexit by end of October as fixed earlier. She spoke on European Union exit while setting out ministration's legislative project for a fresh parliamentary session. While speaking to lawmakers Queen said, "My government's priority has always been to secure United Kingdom's departure from European Union on October 31," as final talks went on in Brussels to obtain a divorce deal. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson desires to exit EU by October 31.
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Supreme Court heard pleas on parliament suspension
In UK Supreme Court on September 17, re were two different appeals PM Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament till October 14. He reportedly took vice from Queen before taking decision of suspending Parliament. David Pannick QC, representative of opponents, said that Queen has motive behind decision and she only did what Prime Minister vised her to do so. He also said that court is making criticism of Queen in proceedings as she acted on her Prime Minister's vice. He n said that Prime Minister's statements make it clear that he found Parliament as a potential threat to execution of his plans. He ded that PM's vice to Queen was maybe influenced by his wish to prevent any opposition coming his way in Parliament on Brexit.
y wanted resignation of Boris Johnson if judges found out that he misled Queen in order to suspend Parliament for 5 weeks. Johnson in his defence said recent Parliament session lasted longer than it usually does, for 5 weeks. He also said that re is a lot of time to discuss Brexit after a European Union summit on October 17-18.
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Johnson vows to get Brexit done
British PM wishes to take Britain out of European Union by end of October even without any deal. However, Britain Parliament has issued a bill that states that Prime Minister will have to delay exit if re is deal finalised by deline. British Prime Minister has received a lot of criticism at home for t presenting new plans to break Brexit delock. Irish PM Varkar too earlier after meeting Johnson said that Britain did t provide any logical alternatives to much talked about agreement reached by former British PM resa May.
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(With inputs from PTI)
20:01 IST, October 14th 2019