Court has no jurisdiction on parliament suspension, says Johnson

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Boris Johnson has told Britain’s highest court that it cannot rule on whether his decision to suspend parliament for five weeks was unlawful

“The prime minister’s reasons for advising on a five-week prorogation were improper in that they were infected by factors inconsistent with the concept of parliamentary sovereignty, in particular his belief that parliament does nothing of value at this time of year and his concern that parliament might take steps which would undermine the government’s negotiating position with the EU,” Lord Pannick said.

Lord Keen said the prime minister was entitled to prorogue parliament for reasons of political advantage but he said the government would abide by any ruling the court made. He declined, however, to promise that Mr Johnson would not prorogue parliament again next month if the current suspension is found to be unlawful.

In her closing speech to the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth, party leader Jo Swinson accused Mr Johnson of pursuing a no-deal“This Brexiteer government wants to pay for their ideology with other people’s jobs. The truth is, they won’t be affected, and they won’t be there to help when the redundancy notices are handed out. They won’t be there when the homes are repossessed or when the marriages break down under the financial stress.

 

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