Anti-Brexit campaigners used judicial review to fight prorogation of parliament – but campaigners warn reform will hurt the most vulnerable.
Voters have branded Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament “unacceptable” as the prime minister locked MPs out of the House of Commons in the midst of the Brexit crisis.
Legal campaigner Gina Miller said on Sunday any attempt to suspend Britain’s parliament in order to push through a no-deal Brexit would be unlawful, announcing her intention to challenge such a move in court if necessary.
Five-week suspension begins with shouts, singing and signs reading ‘silenced’
A cross-party group of MPs and peers is taking action to stop parliament from being suspended.
A legal challenge over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament has been rejected in the High Court.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has been slapped down by Number 10 after being filmed in an unguarded moment discussing the reasons for proroguing Parliament.
Did Boris Johnson Lie to the Queen?
12/09/2019
His comments came hours after after a three-judge Scottish court ruled that his government's advice to the Queen, which led to the five-week prorogation that started Monday, was “unlawful” because it basically disguised the government’s true reason for wanting a parliamentary shutdown.
PM’s chief advisor accused by Tory insiders of creating ‘mayhem in government’.
Dominic Cummings: Boris Johnson adviser’s proposal to suspend parliament a second time was ‘joke’, Number 10 insists
15/09/2019
Boris Johnson’s most senior adviser has said the government could suspend parliament for a second time if it loses a crunch Supreme Court battle.
‘It is undemocratic to shut off parliament,’ European politicians say. ‘We know that democracy works and we need resist threats to it by any means’.
Ex-Supreme Court judge says government has ‘behaved disgracefully’, but says judges can’t be political
17/09/2019
Lord Sumption has accused Boris Johnson of taking a 'hammer and sickle' to the nation's political culture over the issue of prorogation
‘Stop the coup’ rallies expected in locations ranging from Manchester to Copenhagen.
Protesters ranged from students at the prime minister’s old Oxford college to retired teachers, children and activists.
Fury as Tory Cabinet minister claims 'many people' believe judges are biased over Brexit after prorogation ruling
12/09/2019
A cabinet minister has ignited a fresh row after suggesting "many people" believed the courts were biased in relation to Brexit.
Any future attempt by a Boris Johnson-led Government to “bypass” Parliament to pursue a no-deal Brexit “would be beyond a prime minister’s powers”, campaigner Gina Miller has said.
Labour and Tory rebels criticise comments as minister insists there will be no food shortages.
Supreme court told PM will ‘abide’ by any ruling but minister declines to say if MPs could be sent away again immediately.
Tory rebel defends amendment that would prevent Commons shutdown for no-deal Brexit.
LOUD were the cheers of the pro-Brexit media and the Brexiteering public on social media when Lord Doherty pronounced yesterday morning that he was not prepared to grant an interim interdict that would have effectively suspended the Queen’s prorogation of parliament.
Activist is reassembling team of top barristers to stop parliament being shut down to push through Brexit against wishes of MPs.
Chancellor sceptical about request as Tories discuss leaving EU without deal. / The home secretary, Sajid Javid, has demanded more than £1bn extra funds for police and border force officials to cope with a no-deal Brexit in a request met with scepticism by the chancellor, Philip Hammond.
The Speaker of the House, John Bercow, says ending the current session of Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit is "simply not going to happen".
Speaker John Bercow welcomed a ruling by the Supreme Court that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament was unlawful.
John Bercow has insisted he will fight any attempt to suspend parliament in the run-up to Brexit with every breath in his body. / The Speaker of the House of Commons insisted: “We cannot have a situation in which parliament is shut down.”