Thousands Protest British PM Johnson’s Move to Suspend Parliament

Anti-Brexit protestors demonstrate outside the gates of Downing Street at Whitehall in London, Britain, on Aug. 31, 2019. Henry Nicholls/Reuters

LONDON/BELFAST—Thousands of people across Britain and Northern Ireland protested on Saturday against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament for about a month before the deadline for the country to leave the European Union.

Johnson has pledged to take Britain out of the EU on Oct. 31 with or without a deal on future relations with the bloc. The move to shut parliament for around a month in the period before that will hinder efforts by his opponents to stop him.