Brexit, Johnson closes the Parliament: resignation between the Tories and a million signatures against

• Brexit, Elizabeth II authorizes the suspension of parliament requested by Premier Johnson
• Media: Brexit, Johnson plans to close Parliament a month to avoid an extension to the exit

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's pieces are missing. In the background, there is always Brexit.

The decision of the Tory leader in Scotland, Ruth Davidson, to resign, reports the Guardian, has been officially taken for family reasons. But it comes the day after Johnson's request to Queen Elizabeth to suspend Parliament, probably to have a better chance of taking the UK out of the EU by the 31/10 deadline without an agreement with Brussels. In the message Davidson, convinced 'remainer', mentions "the conflict I experienced on Brexit".

Davidson to the deputies, to avoid the no-deal vote the agreement
"The simplest way to avoid a Brexit without agreement is to vote for an agreement," Davidson suggested at the resignation press conference. "You have had three opportunities and you have rejected them all, do not reject the fourth", said the deputy who said she was convinced of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's attempt to obtain a new understanding with Brussels. "Make it clear that if an agreement returns to the Municipalities, you will vote in favor, and let the EU know that you will do it so that they understand that there is a reason to reopen the negotiations."

BoJo, successor to Theresa May, disavowed the agreement she reached with the EU, asking him to renegotiate it. The main sore point for London is the backstop, the mechanism to avoid the return to the physical border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. To put pressure on the EU and convince her to retrace her steps, the prime minister continues to threaten the release without an agreement on October 31st. This is the reason for the suspension of parliamentary work until October 14 requested by the government, a move to remove room for maneuver in the Parliament, which in majority wants to avoid the no-deal.

A few hours pass, and in open controversy with Johnson also leaves the Tory group leader in the House of Lords, George Young . "They have not convinced me - he explained in a letter - the reasons given for this decision, which I think risks undermining the fundamental role of Parliament, at a decisive moment in our history, and reinforces the vision that the government may not have the confidence of the Chamber for its Brexit policy ". George Young is a long-standing parliamentarian, serving every conservative government, from Margaret Thatcher onwards.

Meanwhile, the petition against Johnson's suspension of the Parliament has exceeded one million signatures.

One million signatures against the closure of the Parliament
The petition against the suspension of Parliament, launched after Johnson's initiative, has reached over one million signatures. The petition asks that the Parliament is not "suspended or dissolved unless and until the period of Article 50 has been sufficiently extended", with reference to the part of the Lisbon Treaty on the ways in which a country can leave 'EU, "or the United Kingdom's intention to withdraw from the EU has been canceled".