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We don't have loesads of englis people who do this. why this unelected parliament did this to us. >> thank you. >> help me understand what's going on, grace blakely. great to have you here. >> thanks for having me. >> i guess the first question is what is going on? >> it's a good question. so today johnson has announced that he will -- yesterday, actually, he will be pro parliament. he will be suspending parliament for a week when parliament returns on the 3rd of september. a lot of people are saying effectively this is a move to push through no deal brexit and prevent parliament from debating...

Entire new political image off the idea that they are opposing brexit. so what we've really seen over the last, you know, couple of years was a massive polarization in the political spectrum. >> final question for you. it seems like there's a democratic legitimacy here. we're experiencing it with trump winning the electoral college, lost by a million votes. boris johnson is prime minister because he got elected by the torries. now he's suspending parliament. is there a democratic test that the nation is undergoing? >> what is very interesting at the moment for the u.k. and the u.s. is the diff...

Parliament, to the european union that he has, you know, the guts to be able to actually say we will have a no deal if you don't give me a deal. this is aimed at the e.u. to and the party saying you have to pass anything that i bring back to you. it's also aimed at the country because if he does take us into an early election, it would be brilliant for johnson. it would be trumpesque for him to go to the u.k. and say, i'm trying to deliver brexit. i want to deliver the will of the people but these institutions, these, you know, liberal parliamentarians, these people are preventing me from deli...

What have they said to you? >> nothing. they said my national insurance didn't correspond to the right thing and now they're saying they have to start the whole process but the 31st of october is fast approaching. what am i going to do? what am i going to do? how am i going to stay? what are my rights? i'm in the dark like many, many people who have left london because they were in the dark. we don't have loads of english people who do this. why this unelected parliament did this to us. >> thank you. >> help me understand what's going on, grace blakely. great to have you here. >> thanks for ha...

For a week when parliament returns on the 3rd of september. a lot of people are saying effectively this is a move to push through no deal brexit and prevent parliament from debating johnson's strategy. it does seem to bring us potentially closer to a no deal brexit because it reduces the amount of time parliament has to debate, perhaps to initiate a vote of no confidence and prevent him from taking us down this course. >> this is helpful. my understanding was theresa may's problem was she was stuck with a parliament that wouldn't dissolve but couldn't muster a majority for any of the options. ...