Perspective: Why Britain is suddenly facing a constitutional crisis
Front pages photographed in London on Tuesday highlight House of Commons Speaker John Bercow's ruling that a new"meaningful vote" on the government's Brexit deal would not be possible in its current form. By Laura Beers Laura Beers teaches history at American University. She is author of"Red Ellen: The Life of Ellen Wilkinson, Socialist, Internationalist.” March 25 at 6:00 AM The past month has seen talk of “constitutional crisis” on both sides of the Atlantic.
How did this flip occur? The power of the presidency has been growing for the better part of a century. But on the British side, the roots of the current crisis trace to the start of the 17th century. The precedent that Bercow cited to justify his move dates to the reign of King James I. Parliament had grown frustrated by the monarch’s attempts to bully the legislature by repeatedly bringing measures up for reconsideration.
The speaker’s announcement temporarily put the prime minister in check. Unable to bring her bill up for a vote last week, she had no choice but to go to Brussels and beg the European Union to give her more time. But then, in an unprecedented step, the prime minister pulled a page from the U.S.
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