UK court ruling on Boris Johnson’s prorogation of parliament adds key chapter to Brexit saga
Commentators described supreme court ruling that premier’s move was unlawful as a ‘stunning defeat’ for him
09 October 2019 - 11:05
Brexit has rewritten many rules of the game for British politics and constitutional law. It has just added another chapter of great importance to this saga.
On September 24 the supreme court of the UK ruled in a unanimous judgment by all eleven supreme court judges that Boris Johnson’s prorogation of parliament was unlawful. Commentators described this as a “stunning defeat” for the prime minister...
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