UK's minority government PM attempts to suspend Parliament. Avaaz petition site responds

From Mike Baillie of Avaaz

Dear friends,

It's a Brexit coup.

28 Aug at 12:19

It's a Brexit coup! Boris is suspending parliament so he can ram through his catastrophic No-Deal Brexit. We can't let it happen! Let's make this biggest, loudest call to protect our democracy and give MPs all the firepower they need to block the Brexit coup!  SIGN NOW!

Boris just announced he's SUSPENDING parliament, right as MPs agreed a plan to save Britain from a catastrophic no-deal Brexit.

It's an extreme, all-out assault on our democracy -- and we can't let it happen.

We have to respond right now with a GIANT public backlash, calling on MPs to do everything in their power to stop Boris and save our democracy. Sign urgently and pass it on:

MPs: Block the Coup!

This is our democracy being butchered for Brexit.

It's parliament's duty to oversee something as fundamental as Brexit -- and yet now it could be shut down precisely to prevent MPs from playing that role. Shut down by a government that was never elected, has no mandate, and all for a break-neck Brexit that people never voted for.

We have to be fast.

Let's give MPs all the firepower they need to stop Boris. Legislation, legal routes, even toppling the government -- whatever it takes to stop this ruthless attack on the heart of our country. Sign now and tell everyone! 

MPs: Block the Coup!

Avaaz was built for moments like this: those gaps in history when the voices of passionate, caring people roar in the face of unjust power. We are the very expression of democracy, and now it's under attack right under our noses -- and so we rise, louder and stronger than ever!

With endless hope and determination,

Mike, Nick, Sarah, Bert, Alaphia and the whole team at Avaaz


More information:

Government asks Queen to suspend Parliament (BBC)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49493632

Boris Johnson asks Queen to suspend parliament as John Bercow calls it a 'constitutional outrage' (The Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/08/28/brexit-latest-news-boris-johnson-no-deal/


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