2019年CRI Boris Johnson's government asks Queen to suspend parliament

 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked the Queen to suspend parliament until October 14th.

The move is widely regarded as a countermeasure to the decision by the opposition¹ parties to block a "no-deal" Brexit using a parliamentary process.

Listen to our radio programme "World Today" analysis on this with Duncan Bartlett, the Editor of Asian Affairs Magazine.

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。