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is focusing on Boris Johnson’s motives for proroguing parliament, our correspondent Ben Kentish reports from the Supreme Court.The QC says that there is no need for such a long suspension prior to a Queen’s Speech, which suggests other motives were at play.Lord Pannick claims that, if this were the real reason, Johnson “would not have recommended to Her Majesty a prorogation for a period as long as five weeks.

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