Prorogation Ruled To Be Unlawful

[THECORBYLOON]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49810261

What now for Boris?

[Khandro]

Toby Young has tweeted;
The Supreme Court decision isn’t a case of judges upholding the rule of law. It’s the law being used to introduce the rule of judges.

Hmmm, well said!

[gulliver1]

15.42 , he will not have time to wait for your good faith in him , he will have to jump before he in pushed, the clock is ticking , Bye Bye Boris, and good riddance.

[jim360]

Yeah, sure, K. Another person who doesn't seem to have bothered to read the judgement, I expect.

[THECORBYLOON]

If Judges come to the wrong conclusion, interested parties can then challenge that by way of the appeal process and if need be, Government can amend legislation to prevent further similar challenges.

A few years ago, the Court of Appeal ruled on an appeal about sanctions given to Jobseekers on the Work Programme scheme.

It ruled the Regulations were invalid because the letters telling claimants to attend appointments did not explain fully, their obligations and the consequences of failing to attend.

The government then rushed through retrospective legislation to cover future sanctions.

It changed the law from a past period so that even the letters previously found to be unlawful, were then lawful and sanctions could be imposed.

[hereIam]

Can Boris appeal ??

[ichkeria]

No

[THECORBYLOON]

"Can the government appeal to the European court? - Anon

No, even if it wanted to, it couldn't.

The European Court of Justice only rules on issues relating to the interpretation of EU law and disputes between member states. Because this is a domestic constitutional issue, the European court has no jurisdiction.

As such, the government has no further opportunities to appeal against the decision, as the Supreme Court is the highest in the UK."

[Togo]

//What preference? The Court stated several times in its judgement that this is nothing to do with what they think on Brexit,//

Do any of you believe them? Methinks they do protest too much. They want you to believe their reasons, whilst they reserve the right to not believe the Governments reasons. Used to be called a stitch up. Boris.......you've been framed.

[ichkeria]

The problem is no one believed Johnson as to his reasons for prorogation.

Not even his supporters.

If this was Jeremy Corbyn and co doing the same thing a lot of people here would be singing a very different tune.

[drmorgans]

What reasons did the government give?

[ichkeria]

To prepare for a Queens Speech.
The only thing longer than the prorogation - Johnson’s nose :-)

[Togo]

//The problem is no one believed Johnson as to his reasons for prorogation.//

There is now an even bigger "problem". No one believes the S.C. either, not even their supporters, and we can't get rid of them but by one method. This "ruling"will have bigger ramifications than stopping the House of Commotions circus for a few days.

[Togo]

To afford time to prepare a Queens speech and to accommodate the party conference season drmorgans, You will note that there have been two in the last couple of weeks and one was due to take place soon.

[jourdain2]

So we can't trust Parliament to implement the democratic vote of the populace and now we can't trust the judiciary. All judges from now on must be appointed with their political affiliations known - justice can no longer be held to be blind - or just i.m.o.. If they want to drive the people to violent revolution, all I can say is that they are going the right way about it. I despair.

[THECORBYLOON]

"No one believes the S.C. either, not even their supporters" Eh?

[THECORBYLOON]

These are the same Judges that folk were saying would reject the cases and decide in favour of the Government.

Now all of a sudden, toys are being thrown out the prams and the Judges' independence and impartiality are being called into question.

The judgement was 11-0 against the Government, get a grip!

[anneasquith]

We can no longer trust the judiciary, why is that jourdain ?

[Togo]

I am waiting for Geoffrey Cox to make a statement. It should be informative.

[Khandro]

Geoffrey Cox has ruled prorogation WAS legal & any act to stop it is 'political'
ATTORNEY General Geoffrey Cox has attacked the Supreme Court ruling against Boris Johnson shutting down Parliament in leaked court documents that call it “lawful and within the constitution”.

[gulliver1]

How many of you disciples on A/B of this unelected clown of a Prime Minister expected a result like this ?.