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Also if Parliament goes back you'd hope maybe they'd have the foresight to legally remove the power to prorogue indefinitely from the PM, as it's clearly open to abuse.
Hopefully this.
But my point was that he could do a 'legit' short one (it does need to happen at some point) that 'happened' to run over leaving the EU. (If they don't manage to limit proroguing powers).
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Surely court case will be brought, courts will say "we just had a ruling on this case, you can't suspend Parliament for political reasons" and they'll be back the next day?
Depends on whether or not the court ruling hinges on the length of the prorogation I guess?
Also if Parliament goes back you'd hope maybe they'd have the foresight to legally remove the power to prorogue indefinitely from the PM, as it's clearly open to abuse.
Painfully obvious that I am not a lawyer so maybe I'm wrong, but doesn't seem to troubling to me