prorogation
Example Sentences
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As the man who had overseen the government's counsel during the court case, parliamentarians wanted to know what advice he'd given to the PM about prorogation.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2020
They include Jolyon Maugham QC, a leading lawyer in the fight against Boris Johnson’s prorogation of parliament and Mark Elliot, professor of public law at Cambridge University.
From The Guardian • Sep. 27, 2019
As a remedy, the Supreme Court declared the whole prorogation null and void.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2019
Internet users zeroed in on the spider attached to her chest on Tuesday as she read the decision tearing down Mr. Johnson’s prorogation decision.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2019
That his Ministers were culpable, as well as unwise, in advising the prorogation, is certain; and when the next elections came on they paid the penalty of their disingenuousness.
From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by Dent, John Charles
