Calls for Parliament to reconvene without delay after the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson suspension of parliament was ‘unawful’.
Johnson is currently in New York for the UN General Assembly as calls increase for his resignation with claims that “he lied to the Queen” to prorogue parliament.
John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, has said lawmakers must reconvene “without delay” after the Supreme Court’s stunning decision to not only rule Boris Johnson’s suspension unlawful, but to quash the prorogation entirely.
Joanna Cherry, the lawmaker and lawyer who brought the Scottish case that the Supreme Court has sided with said “This is an absolutely momentous decision,” she said on the back of the win.
“There is nothing to stop members of Parliament such as myself and my colleagues from resuming immediately. I am absolutely delighted that the United Kingdom Supreme Court has agreed with Scotland’s Supreme Court,” she notes, before addressing Boris Johnson.
“His position is untenable and he should have to guts to do the decent thing and resign,” she says
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said that the courts have shown contempt on the part of Mr Johnson. He says that he will be in touch with the speaker to urge him to reconvene the words and to “urge Mr Boris Johnson to reconsider his position as the UK prime minister”.