- 27 August 2019
“To deliver on the public’s priorities we require a new session and a Queen’s Speech”
Boris Johnson announces the proroguing of parliament
- 27 August 2019
“The claim that the government is considering proroguing parliament in Sept in order to stop MPs debating Brexit is entirely false”
Downing Street source
- 27 August 2019
“Only around four Commons sitting days will be lost” due to prorogation
Downing Street source
- 27 August 2019
Prorogation is “certainly not” an attempt to stop MPs blocking no deal
Michael Gove, BBC interview
- 24 August 2019
“Melton Mowbray pork pies, which are sold in Thailand and in Iceland, are currently unable to enter the US market because of, I don’t know, some sort of food and drug administration restriction”
Boris Johnson, BBC interview after a breakfast meeting with US President Donald Trump
