September 10, 2019
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Early this morning, parliament closed for five weeks in scenes of chaos and fury. During the formal ceremony, angry opposition MPs sang in the chamber in protest and claimed the government was silencing their voices. Equally bitter on their side, Conservative MPs heckled the Speaker, who they consider to be biased against them.
Boris Johnson insists that the best way of resolving the Brexit divisions is to hold a general election. But would that provide a clear solution?
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