LONDON — Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson threw down the gauntlet this week on Brexit by setting in motion the suspension of the UK parliament.<br />Parliament is going to be put in time out for five weeks ahead of doomsday on October 31 when the UK is set to say sayonara to the EU <br /><br />B.J. made the dramatic move by asking the Queen to suspend parliament. Although this is just a formality, it would have been unprecedented had she refused. She did—not.<br /><br />Johnson is proroguing he says to give his administration a fresh start to set out its "very exciting agenda."<br />But look past the hair and you see the real reason for the move—Brexit. <br />By putting parliament on ice between Sept. 11 and Oct. 14, PMs would only have two weeks to stop or stall the UK's likely divorce with the EU on the 31st. <br />Boris was a key figure in the Leave campaign and has promised to complete the break up "do or die"—with or without a deal. <br /><br />Many fear a no deal Brexit would hammer the British economy, shoot up prices and restrict access to the UK's biggest market. <br />How many more stops will there be for the slowest trainwreck in history?
