grunge
Well-Known Member
Parliament is prorogued at the end of every sitting. Its how you draw a line under proceedings then come back with a Queens speech to start with a new agenda. Most often its prorogued (shut down) to enable the 3 weeks for the 3 main parties to hold their conferences which gives the governing party 2 weeks when they aren't at conference to finalise their Queens speech and recall Parliament. For some reason Bozo says this time he needs 5 weeks and caveats it with that time period is not unusual the speaker says its not taken that long in decades. Make your own mind up whether there is an ulterior motive.
It does however predate the FTPA by many many years.
Also from what I have read it’s never been used as a political filibuster tool before now, which is the crux of the matter.