Is UK politics heading towards dictatorship?

@Picklebobble2 It’s the last thing Johnson, or anyone else in the Conservative Party, would want.

@MartinII Like it or not that's what he has. The Speaker has already made a ruling that ANY attempt to circumvent Parliament either with the EU or any outside parties will lead to a possible charge of contempt.

@Picklebobble2 The only people I know of who are trying to circumvent Parliament are extreme remainers like Dominic Grieve.

@MartinII Yet Johnson is the ONLY one who let it be known he would choose to Prorogue parliament in order to force through a No-Deal

@Picklebobble2 But that would not be circumventing Parliament. Parliament has already passed legislation under which the UK will leave the EU, come what may, on 31 October (originally 29 March, but amended). Of course it is open to Parliament to repeal or amend that legislation, though those who have tried to find a means of achieving that have so far been defeated. But as things stand, the only people trying to circumvent Parliament are those who seek to prevent that legislation taking effect.

@MartinII The Speaker warned Parliament that such a move would be seen to be going against Parliamentary procedure and standards and also warned that any such move would be seen as an attempt to do so.

In other words Johnson was warned before he even became PM.

He has no choice. He has to make an attempt at going through the procedure via the EU.

@Picklebobble2 There’s actually no need to prorogue Parliament - you just let the legislation take its course. And unfortunately the Speaker is not an unbiased actor in this matter.

@MartinII He is merely letting Parliament know the correct procedure and the fact he is aware certain parties may seek to do so.
Same way he had to haul May over the coals over her 'insistence' that she ask the same 'Accept my deal !' question when doing so was against procedure and she needed to 're-word' the question if she were to put it to another Parliamentary vote.