{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9a03fe9e-1ff0-4dcc-b3f6-50bd1f016ea4/5d77e2e9-0844-40d7-864d-62ca787d63fc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"538 Cross Over Special : Is Britain In The Middle Of A Constitutional Crisis?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6195701f2eacc3a36070252a/619570bccb3c660012e3d165.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Special cross over episode with the FiveThirtyEight politics podcast from America, hosted by Galen Druke.</p><p><br></p><p>On Wednesday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that he had&nbsp;<a href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/International/uk-government-queen-suspend-parliament-push-brexit-reports/story?id=65235125\" target=\"_blank\">asked the queen</a>&nbsp;to suspend parliament in September, reducing the amount of time lawmakers will have to debate legislation related to Brexit. John Bercow, the speaker of the House of Commons ,called the move a “<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/28/boris-johnsons-move-to-prorogue-parliament-a-constitutional-outrage-says-speaker\" target=\"_blank\">constitutional outrage</a>.” In this episode of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://fivethirtyeight.com/tag/politics-podcast/\" target=\"_blank\">FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast</a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/Staff_and_Students/dr-helen-thompson\" target=\"_blank\">Helen Thompson</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/Staff_and_Students/professor-david-runciman\" target=\"_blank\">David Runciman</a>&nbsp;discuss what qualifies as a constitutional crisis and whether they think Britain has reached that point.</p>","author_name":"David Runciman and Catherine Carr"}