EU parliament president slams Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament

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The president of the European Parliament has criticised Boris Johnson's suspension of the UK parliament, warning that the decision seemed to date from another era. David Sassoli told reporters in

"I think it dated back to a time when parliaments were a bit different, but in today's Europe, parliaments are the house of democracy, they're the voice of the people – and if you can't discuss the destiny of a country in a parliament where can you do it?

 

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Wow so that's going help the remainers cause !

Kilsally Who cares.

So? Nothing to do with them.

EU right yet again. UK shown up as idiots

Kilsally Should he have just turned it into a free bar like theirs?

Funny that

If EU doesn't like prorogation then absolutely prorogation is the right thing to do.

How undemocratic. They should leave it to the 0.13% of our population to decide our fate.

Catalonia..

And they say they do not interfere. Cat's out of the bag now!

Irrelevant antidemocratic 'Corrupt EU Superstate' president! - 😂🤣😂 - its a clown world! BritishIndependence WalkAway NoDeal

Hardly his place to comment

not taking calls just now, just commenting

...and no fucks were given.

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