Agreeing with critics that prorogation was an effort to avoid scrutiny of his plan for a no-deal Brexit, the court unanimously decided Boris Johnson’s suspension “had the purpose of stymying Parliament.”
Scotland's highest court dealt British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a new setback Wednesday when it ruled his five-week suspension of Parliament, known as prorogation, unlawful.
The new ruling accuses Johnson of misleading the queen to act unlawfully when he asked her to sign off on prorogation. Although a London court ruled last week that the suspension was constitutional, Scottish judges reversed that decision. Anti-Brexit politicians, including the more than 75 MPs who brought the case to the Scottish court, celebrated the decision. Scottish National Party MP Joanna Cherry said that her side “feels utterly vindicated and confident.”
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