British parliament traps PM Boris Johnson in Brexit 'torment'

LONDON - The United Kingdom's battle over Brexit returned to parliament on Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled Prime Minister Boris Johnson had unlawfully suspended it just weeks before the country is due to leave the European Union.

The government is defiant: By repeatedly demanding an election that parliament rejects, Johnson is trying to cast lawmakers as opponents of Brexit who are afraid of the people. WHAT CAN RIVAL PARTIES DO? In addition to government business, lawmakers from other parties can request debates on specific subjects by requesting an"Urgent Question". If granted by the speaker, these require a minister to come to parliament and answer the question, but otherwise have no legal force.

But, talks with the EU are not going well, and any deal he does get will likely be opposed by rival parties.Johnson's ruling Conservative Party has lost its majority in parliament and been defeated in votes six times since he took power in July. Attorney-General Geoffrey Cox said parliament was"dead" and had no moral right to sit.

But after Johnson's pledge to leave the EU"do or die", with or without a deal, it is unclear whether he could stop support haemorrhaging to the Brexit Party of Nigel Farage if an election was held after a Brexit delay. "We simply cannot afford to wait until the 19th of October to see whether the prime minister will refuse to obey the law again," Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson said.

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