Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Boris Johnson maintains that he would prefer a deal, but with less than six weeks until he wants to crash the UK out of the European Union “do or die” the chance of a new deal being agreed in Brussels and passed in Westminster before the deadline is slim to none.
Boris Johnson’s controversial decision to prorogue Parliament for five weeks during a time of political and constitutional crisis has been found unlawful by Scotland’s highest civil court.
The government has asked the Queen to suspend Parliament in an effort to avoid scrutiny for his Brexit plans and to prevent MPs from blocking the UK crashing out the European Union without a deal.
The EU is loathe to let treaties fail, given the sunk costs of negotiating them, but it may walk away if Johnson doesn’t change his tune.