LONDON—Prime Minister Boris Johnson has succeeded in his plan to suspend Britain’s rebellious parliament for five weeks, but he has achieved little else in his first prolonged jousting with legislators determined to prevent a no-deal Brexit.
The simmering showdown between Johnson and parliament over Brexit came to a head as lawmakers delivered three defeats to the government’s plans for leaving the European Union, before being sent home early Tuesday for a contentious five-week suspension of the legislature.
