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A furious gran says Boris Johnson is "pushing his luck" over Brexit.

Kitty Grove-Stephenson was one of 200 rallying in Middlesbrough on Saturday to "save democracy" after the prime minister asked the Queen to prorogue Parliament.

The 87-year-old daredevil, who abseiled down the Transporter in 2017, was on the front row of the Centre Square demonstration with a plaque reading: "Hands off Parliament."

She told Teesside Live why she was taking part: "I want to show solidarity with all the rest of the people who are outraged by the actions of Boris Johnson this week

"We've all got to stand together and show him we will not tolerate this sort of behaviour.

"The whole country has got to rise up and tell him what we think of him."

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The great grandmother, who started her political activism aged 17, said the prime minister's move to "deny the voice of Parliament" by suspending it for five weeks in September should spark public uproar.

"There will be millions of people all over the country demonstrating," she said.

"I just hope it doesn't turn violent anywhere. But Boris is really pushing his luck."

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in cities including Manchester, Leeds, York and Belfast on Saturday.

There was a smaller crowd in Centre Square to hear the town's MP Andy McDonald and Redcar MP Anna Turley give speeches.

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Brother and sister Liz and John Spencer, from Billingham , arrived at the midday event clutching a specially-designed poster portraying Boris Johnson and cabinet colleagues as the "ProRogues" of Parliament.

Liz said: "It's undemocratic what they are doing. That's the reason we're here.

"I think people are too complicit and too complacent. The public are accepting it.

"This really makes me sick. It sticks in my throat."

John said: "When you look back at the tyrants of history, you wonder why no one would stand up to them."

The prime minister said he wanted to suspend Parliament to allow the government to hold a Queen's Speech and outline its "very exciting agenda" for the future.

But critics claim he wants to use the measure to block any moves in the Commons to stop a no-deal Brexit.