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The Supreme Court unanimously decree prorogation unlawful

***BREAKING*** The Supreme Court, our highest court in the land, has unanimously found Boris Johnson has acted unlawfully in closing down parliament and preventing our democratically elected representatives from doing their job and holding the government to account. Johnson has unlawfully disenfranchised every single voter in order to try to force through something that has absolutely no majority support in this country. The court was damning in its findings. This isn't about Brexit it's about the Executive being able to bypass democratic scrutiny via our elected representatives. Thankfully, the rule of law has been asserted. Lady Hale has gone so far as to say prorogation was an attempt to "suspend parliamentary democracy" and that Boris Johnson advised the Queen to "act unlawfully" Finally, the court found that parliament has NOT been prorogued, therefore the speakers of the Houses of Commons and Lords can reconvene parliament. This is a damning verdict on the utterly shambolic Cons

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24 Sep 2019
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