Clever dickies

Here's a Number 10 operation that enjoys non-denial denials.

This is the precise wording Downing St gave me in response to the Observer story this weekend on suspending parliament re #brexit: ”the claim that the govt is considering proroguing parliament in Sept in order to stop MPs debating Brexit is entirely false.’' #prorogation

— iain watson (@iainjwatson) August 28, 2019

The true bit is that the government was more than 'considering' proroguing parliament in September; the specious bit, they argue, was 'in order to stop MPs debating Brexit'.  They can still debate Brexit, but not for long enough to do much about it....