Suspending Parliament was unlawful, court rules

Afaik he's the only PM in history to cancel Parliament because he has no workable majority to get anything through.

Time will tell if I'm correct or incorrect, I hope I'm incorrect and you are right but I don't think so at the moment.

Democracy is certainly not being served by the majority of parliament, that's unequivocally true. Borris is the only PM in history to be accused of shutting down democracy by asking for a general democratic election!

I'm no fan of borris but I fear huge implications of this ruling, it certainly does set a president and is possible to spiral, its bigger than leave, remain, labour, Tory political fights.

Untrue, he wanted a general election! Corbyn said he wanted one when the Benn bill passed, only to refuse anyway.

The 2017 labour manifesto was a dishonest document. The electorate needs a voice and I demand democracy to reconsider my vote, I keep getting told I didn't know what I was voting for. Well in 2017 I voted labour, on the promise of delivering brexit. I didn't vote for the machiavellian remain party they have proved to be.

I agree that Corbyn is a hypocrite - today he calls for Boris to resign, but he blocked the chance of a general election. I'm no fan of the Jeremy as people who follow my posts regularly will know - but that doesn't mean it wasn't completely wrong to prorogue early. If Boris is to stagger on with a minority government, let that be acted out in the House and let us not be left with no Parliamentary democracy to scrutinise what he does. If he resigns, let a new government be formed.

No, you say that. Again my point is stop trying to lump everyone in with your train of thought especially when simple maths says you are wrong on every single count. Strangely enough people who dont vote or voted the other way do not suddenly lose their status as people or their right to have their opinions heard.
'PM' Johnson most certainly does not have the will of the people. He was neither elected nor has a majority.

Blaming Corbyn/Labour is highly disingenuous. They opposed a GE because it was obvious that Johnson called for an election for the sole reason of preventing Parliament from discussing his policy.

People should be get their heads out of the Brexit shaped backsides on this. This ruling is far bigger than that and represents a significant change to how the British constitution is protected.

Had the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the government they would have essentially ruled that:
-A PM has no obligation to be honest about his intentions, either to the Queen, Parlaiment or the wider population.
-A PM doesn't need to provide a good reason to suspend Parliament or justification for the length of that suspension.

If you cannot see that democracy is significantly damaged by that you need a reality check...

I agree that Corbyn is a hypocrite - today he calls for Boris to resign, but he blocked the chance of a general election. I'm no fan of the Jeremy as people who follow my posts regularly will know - but that doesn't mean it wasn't completely wrong to prorogue early. If Boris is to stagger on with a minority government, let that be acted out in the House and let us not be left with no Parliamentary democracy to scrutinise what he does. If he resigns, let a new government be formed.

The Government who has the mandate is trying to deliver the will of the people. 52% voted for Brexit, so there was a majority. I don't understand your argument against the will of the people.

You seem to have misunderstood her point. She does not seem to be opposed to today's ruling.


I agree with you that voting against the GE was reasonable given the context of who the PM is, but that does not mean that blocking the GE is above scrutiny - there could well be some element that Labour are not ready to pick up the reigns in this mess. We must keep an open mind to the flaws of both sides.

the best news for labour is this makes their infighting and messy.conference look like a very competant alternative.. if what they are compared to is the mess of the current goverment.

borris only.has 1 path.left.. but i think he will be to stubborn to accept it. if he has any chance at surviving he needs to get with farage as soon as possible. his moderate voters are gone now. all of mynoderate tory friends were going lib dem.. and this will certainly push more over the edge. the only hope he has is to hold fast until an election.. work with farage, and hope that the 30 odd % of hard brexiteers who will still side with him against the court is enough to beat a potentially split remain vote.

i dont think he will do it.. hesvto proud. he will loose

The PM has acted with total disregard for the law, Parliament and hence, the general population yet for some reason people are sat here throwing shade at Corbyn... it makes no ****ing sense.

Of course both sides should have their decisions scrutinised but not voting for a GE has been well and truly vindicated as it has become more and more obvious what BoJo's intentions were/are.

Blaming Corbyn/Labour is highly disingenuous. They opposed a GE because it was obvious that Johnson called for an election for the sole reason of preventing Parliament from discussing his policy.

People should be get their heads out of the Brexit shaped backsides on this. This ruling is far bigger than that and represents a significant change to how the British constitution is protected.

Had the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the government they would have essentially ruled that:
-A PM has no obligation to be honest about his intentions, either to the Queen, Parlaiment or the wider population.
-A PM doesn't need to provide a good reason to suspend Parliament or justification for the length of that suspension.

If you cannot see that democracy is significantly damaged by that you need a reality check...

If you think @Fullofsurprises has a brexit shaped backside then it's you who needs the reality check.

I'm a former member of labour and a passionate socialist, sorry but the current Brexit mess is the fault of remainer parliamentarians and a large percentage of them are on the labour benches.