Opposition parties launch bid to block the UK's next prime minister from forcing a no-deal Brexit (Business Insider):
Britain's next prime minister could be blocked from forcing a no-deal Brexit after a cross-party group of MPs announced plans to introduce legislation later this month, designed to prevent the next prime minister leaving without a deal. (...)
However, the opposition Labour party said it would on Wednesday force a Commons vote which would allow MPs to seize control of the parliamentary agenda, normally controlled by the executive, on Tuesday 25 June. (...)
Two of the 10 candidates for leader, Dominic Raab and Esther McVey, have said they would be willing to suspend parliament in order to force through their preferred outcome, something leadership rival Rory Stewart, the international development secretary, said would be unconstitutional and illegal. (...)
Critics have also warned it would drag the Queen into politics because she would be required to play a formal role in the act of dissolving parliament.
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