…[W]hile it would be a huge exaggeration to say that Johnson’s attack on Britain’s unwritten constitution spells the death of parliamentary democracy, it is equally futile to deny that he is trying to stop the country’s democratic institutions from shaping a decision of enormous importance.”

Yascha Mounk, Senior Fellow, SNF Agora Institute,
writing on U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to temporarily suspend Parliament

The Atlantic, August 28, 2019