nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190719-014320-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190718s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190719-014320-0 doi eng 342 23 Grogan, Joelle Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-3666-256X Prorogation is a Paper Tiger, but Time is the Elephant - Trying to stop Johnson proroguing Parliament would take time - which the UK doesn't have Grogan, Joelle Verfassungsblog 2019-07-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier There are 15 weeks left until the UK’s scheduled departure from the EU. A new leader of the Conservative party, and so de facto Prime Minister, will be chosen by party members and presented to Parliament just before it plans to rise for summer recess on 25 July. A point of distinction between the two candidates for Conservative leadership is on the exercise of a power to prorogue Parliament in order to ensure the UK’s withdrawal on 31 October 2019: Jeremy Hunt will not use the power, Boris Johnson will not rule it out. The threat of prorogation, if serious, could prove a catalyst for constitutional crisis. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 brexit parliament Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/prorogation-is-a-paper-tiger-but-time-is-the-elephant/ raw object