Non-partisan information on UK attitudes to the EU before and since the EU Referendum

Do you think it is fair or unfair of the government to place the Queen in the situation of having to permit the suspension of Parliament?

Fieldwork dates: 29 August 2019 - 31 August 2019
Data from: Great Britain
Results from: 1 poll

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Results for: Do you think it is fair or unfair of the government to place the Queen in the situation of having to permit the suspension of Parliament?
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Pollster		 31 August 2019
Poll by Deltapoll
Fair 39%
Unfair 41%
Don't know 19%

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In order to suspend Parliament, the government has to receive permission from the Queen, which is usually a formality.
It is an established precedent to Suspend Parliament before a Queen's Speech, albeit generally more briefly, and rarely, if ever, at such a constitutionally important moment - with Brexit just weeks away.
Do you think it is fair or unfair of the government to place the Queen in this situation?

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