EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

"Mr Johnson has already vowed not to resign from No 10 if he loses the case and is found to have misled Her Majesty - and will be considering whether he can legally defy the court and ask the Queen to prorogue Parliament again. "

From the Daily Mail article. What?

So future prorogs won't be more heavily scrutinized?

I imagine that unless future ones are limited to the 4-6 days then they'll be open to scrutiny if they fall close to significant events.

Boris could, probably, prorogue again today as long as it was to be back on 1st October or thereabouts. Because then it'd not have the effect of preventing parliament scrutinising the government.

There was the distinction made about it being the effect rather than intention to prevent scrutiny. So they didn't actually say that Boris did it to stop scrutiny. They said that because it had that effect then actually the intention was irrelevant. So they didn't need to rule on whether he lied to the Queen.

Would be a long cab ride, he's in NYC. Which could prove interesting if PMQs happens tomorrow.

he's in NYC

Presuming he's asleep at the mo. What news for him to wake up to!

Wonder what Her Majesty's reaction was when she heard?

Corbyn never hammers it home. He just said the court found that Johnson acted "wrongly".

How about "unlawfully", how saying we have a corrupt PM? How about about a nickname? "Il Douche"

Wasn't this the speculation before today's decision anyway? I don't think it's a new suggestion.

Here you go. She’s got a dry wit for sure.

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I think Boris had until October 20th to resign or be sacked or murdered by a humiliated girlfriend to be the shortest-term PM ever.

His birth place

he's in NYC. Which could prove interesting if PMQs happens tomorrow

I can imagine he would quite like to be as far as he can from it, so another time zone will suit him fine!

Even The Thick of It didn't get this fucked up!

He just said the court found that Johnson acted "wrongly".

How about "unlawfully",

That's exactly what I shouted at the radio when he said wrongly.

Ace!

@duncs @JWestland

Grieve on a second prorogation:

I would have thought that any attempt in proroguing parliament following this judgement for anything other than the four or five days to go between one session and another will immediately attract another court application, and this time in view of the supreme court judgment, there will be an immediate order that it is unlawful

It is a constitutional change, but it’s one, it seems to me, that came logically from the role parliament plays in a parliamentary-free democracy.

The idea that you can play fast and loose with parliament, just to nudge it to one side when it’s convenient for the executive to do so, is dead and buried for good.

(On the topic of idiotic Dunning–Kruger speculation in this thread this is what I guessed a few days ago)

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Location: Uxbridge

Hahaha!

Enemies of de Pfeffel?

https://twitter.com/BercowSweary/status/1176455566006390786?s=19

So BoJo is staying in New York to apparently address the General Assembly meet with Trump and Varadkar and to try to drum up support for a US - UK trade deal.

I've got one small question; given that he has failed at everything he's done as PM and was already a bit of a laughing stock how does he think anyone is going to take him seriously?

Looking at the Yougov polling for a post 31st Oct election (following an extension), its pretty much level 4 ways and that could be 50-70 lib dem +up to 50 bxp. Will be impossible to call what will happen.

polling pretty meaningless until we are inside an election cycle. for example, all the scottish polls basically have the SNP sweeping every seat in the country - highly doubtful that will happen looking at the margins in some key seats

I’m too sensitive to go check, but how are the Brexit media reacting?

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