Duty: The Queen at last month's State Opening of ParliamentBoris Johnson is expected to launch a 'breakneck' dash for Brexit if he wins a Commons majority by forcing MPs to hold a Christmas withdrawal debate. He is set to ask the Queen to open Parliament just one week after the December 12 Election and require MPs to return to Westminster on December 23 for a crunch Brexit debate. The Queen normally leaves for her Norfolk estate shortly before Christmas and stays there for several weeks. But Mr Johnson intends to slash that timetable to show his desire to achieve Brexit by the latest deadline, January 31. 'The next State Opening is expected to be in 2020,' says Parliament's official website.

Source: Daily Mail November 16, 2019 22:18 UTC