In the five days Parliament sat, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost all six Commons votes, lost his majority, fired 21 Conservative MPs, and saw two members of his cabinet—one of which was his own brother—resign from the party in protest over his stance on leaving the European Union. More resignations are rumored.
After convening for just five days after a five-week summer recess, the U.K. Parliament has now been suspended for a further five weeks. It will open for business on Oct. 14—just three days before European Union leaders meet for final Brexit talks and just over two weeks before the official Brexit deadline of Oct. 31.
