prorogation is only a small step further
It may be a small(ish) step, but it would be one over the precipice.
Up to now there has been a lot of name calling, poisonous talk and barely concealed lies - politics has always had this to a greater or lesser extent - but the basic instruments of our democracy have functioned.... the courts and parliament have continued to do what they’ve done for hundreds of years. Judgements may have been angrily rubbished, but they have been grudgingly respected. Bitter feuds may be engulfing Westminster but all MPs respect the votes of others in divisions.
Prorogation in these circumstances would likely change all that.... Two rival sources of power would emerge as Government and Parliament vie for supremacy much like the Royalists and Parliamentarians did in the 17th century.
Don’t think for a moment that Parliament would accept Government’s prorogation of it with a few squeals of indignation. All opposition MPs and a substantial number of Tories would convene anyway even if the doors to the Palace of Westminster were locked. They’d vote down the Government and likely call for and seek to organise a General Election in teeth of opposition from the Government. The Queen would have no choice but to take sides, or at least mediate, in a political way that has been anathema to the constitutional monarch for generations. It would rock the foundations of our democracy far more than the mere squabbles we’ve seen to date.