What will happen if Boris Johnson loses the Queen’s Speech vote
Politics Explained: A prime minister staying in office having lost such a major vote would be unprecedented, but there is no prospect of Johnson resigning
You have to wonder what the Queen thinks of her current government. First, she was dragged into a constitutional crisis after being asked to order what turned out to be an unlawful suspension of parliament, then the debate on last week’s Queen’s Speech was shoved way down the parliamentary agenda to make time for MPs to discuss Boris Johnson’s unexpected new Brexit deal.
Now that the latest crisis appears to have been averted, with the government seeking an extension from the EU and having “paused” the legislation that implements the deal, MPs will finally vote on the Queen’s Speech on Thursday.
As has become the norm in recent months, it is far from clear that the government will win the vote.
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