Parliament is sovereign over the executive and legislative branches of government. The prime minister is chosen by the monarch as the person deemed most likely

Parliament is sovereign over the executive and legislative branches of government. The prime minister is chosen by the monarch as the person deemed most likely to have majority support of parliament, granted powers with which to carry out the executive will of parliament. The situation now is that the prime minister doesn't have majority support in parliament and is using powers like prorogation to act against the majority of parliament. > I read a bit that claimed this was "normal" in the UK Parliament. Short prorogations are normal in order to prepare for Queen's speeches. However, this one is unusually long, with a political context of preventing parliament from exercising their powers.