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n A leaked document revealed

Mr Johnson’s Brexit adviser

David Frost has told Brussels

the PM wanted a deal but was

‘not frightened of No Deal’;

n Commons Leader Jacob

purpose of prorogation now

would be to stop Parliament

debating Brexit and perform-

ing its duty in shaping a course

for the country.

‘Shutting down Parliament

would be an offence against

the democratic process.’

Lord Kerslake, the former

head of the civil service, said

Whitehall mandarins would

have to consider ignoring min-

isters’ instructions during

prorogation.

He told The Guardian: ‘We

are reaching the point where

the civil service must consider

putting its stewardship of the

country ahead of service to

the government of the day.’

Scotland’s First Minister

Nicola Sturgeon said the Gov-

ernment was turning into a

dictatorship, adding: ‘Today

will go down as the day democ-

racy died.’

Former chancellor Philip

Hammond described the

move as ‘profoundly undemo-

cratic’ and said it would force

rebels to act next week.

Members of the so-called

Remain Alliance were tight-

lipped about their strategy last

night. But one source said MPs

were working with Mr Bercow

to stage an emergency debate

on Tuesday.

The Speaker is expected to

allow MPs the chance to try to

pass a new law requiring Mr

Johnson to seek a further

Brexit delay.

Tory ex-attorney general

Dominic Grieve yesterday said

he was willing to join Labour in

voting down the Government.

Brexit Party leader Nigel

Farage said a confidence

motion was now certain and a

general election more likely.

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net ministers. In a letter to

MPs yesterday morning, he

pointed out that the current

session of Parliament is the

longest in almost 400 years

and ‘needs to be brought to a

close’ to allow the Govern-

ment to set out its domestic

agenda.

He said MPs would have an

opportunity to vote on his

proposals and any last-minute

Brexit agreement on October

21 and 22, just over a week

before the UK is due to leave.

Parliament had been due to

rise for a three-week recess

from mid-September for party

conference season and Tory

sources said Mr Johnson’s

decision means MPs would

lose only four sitting days at

the start of October, and

potentially another two or

three days next month.

Former Tory leader Iain

Duncan Smith backed the

move, saying it was time for

rebel MPs to ‘put up or shut

up’. He added: ‘They have had

plenty of time. The PM is quite

right to call their bluff.’

Opposition leaders, includ-

ing Mr Corbyn and the Liberal

Democrat leader Jo Swinson,

wrote to the Queen demand-

ing an urgent meeting. But

Buckingham Palace later

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pretty deep waters, but we are ready

for that. If MPs pass a no-confidence

vote next week he won’t resign.

‘We won’t recommend another gov-

ernment, we’ll dissolve Parliament,

call an election in November.

‘He will not seek an extension to

Brexit – we are leaving.’

The dramatic gambit came as:

n Details emerged of a plan by

Remainer MPs and Mr Bercow to

take control of the Commons agenda

as soon as Parliament returns next

Tuesday to try to block No Deal;

n Sir John Major accused Mr John-

son of trying to ‘bypass a sovereign

Parliament that opposes his policy

on Brexit’ and said he was consider-

ing legal action to prevent it;

n The Lawyer magazine reported

that Mishcon de Reya has lodged an

immediate legal injunction on behalf

of Gina Miller to prevent the Gov-

ernment suspending Parliament.

She said Mr Johnson was hijacking

the Queen’s prerogative power;

COUNTDOWN TO BREXIT

SEPTEMBER 3 MPs return to

the Commons following the

summer break

SEPTEMBER 4 Chancellor Sajid

Javid sets out spending plans for

2020/

SEPTEMBER 3 / 4 Likely dates of

any attempt by MPs to take control

of Commons business

SEPTEMBER 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 Possible

dates of Parliament’s prorogation

SEPTEMBER 12 The date when

Parliament was due to rise

SEPTEMBER 14 Start of three-week

party conference season

OCTOBER 7 The date when

Parliament was due to return

OCTOBER 14 New date of Commons

return: State opening of Parliament

and Queen’s Speech, which could

include plans for a revised

withdrawal agreement

OCTOBER 17 / 18 European Council

in Brussels, where a new Brexit

agreement could be struck

OCTOBER 21 / 22 Parliament to

vote on the Queen’s Speech and

any withdrawal deal – if

one is agreed

OCTOBER 31 Brexit Day

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‘Right to call

their bluff’

‘Profoundly

undemocratic’

Rees-Mogg insisted Parlia-

ment must act on the ‘will of

the people’;

n Donald Trump backed the

PM’s move, saying Mr John-

son was ‘exactly what the UK

has been looking for’;

n The pound slumped by 1 per

cent on the basis No Deal was

more likely;

n Talk of an early election

reached fever pitch as the

Treasury confirmed Chancel-

lor Sajid Javid would allocate

billions of pounds to schools,

hospitals and police;

n Senior Labour MPs called

for guerrilla tactics to combat

Mr Johnson’s ploy, including

barricading themselves in Par-

liament and a general strike;

n Brexit hardliner Mark Fran-

cois warned that removing the

Irish backstop would not be

enough to persuade Tory

Eurosceptics to back a with-

drawal agreement.

Mr Johnson’s decision to

stage a Queen’s Speech on

October 14 was kept secret

from all but a handful of Cabi-

announced the suspension

had been agreed after Mr

Rees-Mogg took a delegation

of ministers to Balmoral.

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor

John McDonnell accused Mr

Johnson of staging a coup.

And Mr Bercow said: ‘How-

ever it is dressed up, it is

blindingly obvious that the