The U.K. Supreme Court took a sledgehammer to what remained of Boris Johnson’s legitimacy
BoJo, bozo. Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images Boris Johnson is not excelling at his job. The right-wing populist had a plan to succeed where his predecessor had failed and remove Britain from the European Union come hell or high gas prices. With the U.K. scheduled to crash out of the E.U. on October 31, the prime minister would force his parliamentary opponents to spend much of the preceding month on an unrequested vacation.
And then, on Tuesday, the British Supreme Court took a sledgehammer to what remained of Johnson’s legitimacy: In a historic 11-0 ruling, the U.K.’s high court found the prime minister’s suspension of Parliament “was unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating or preventing the ability of Parliament to carry out its constitutional functions without reasonable justification.” As such, “the prime minister’s advice to Her Majesty was unlawful, void and of no effect.
Bercow praised the court’s judges for vindicating “the right and duty of Parliament to meet at this crucial time to scrutinize the executive and hold ministers to account,” before declaring, “As the embodiment of our parliamentary democracy, the House of Commons must convene without delay. To this end, I will now consult the party leaders as a matter of urgency.”
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