perrot king parliament is quite different from parliament going into recess. while parliament is prorogued, neither house can meet, debate or pass legislation. neither house can debate government policy zero may members ask written or oral questions of ministers ought meet and take evidence in committees. in general, bills which have not yet completed all their stages are have not yet completed all their stages a re lost have not yet completed all their stages are lost and would have to start again from scratch after the queen's speech. during a recess on the other hand, there has does not sit but parliamentary business can otherwise continue as usual. this prolonged suspension of parliamentary democracy took place in quite exceptional circumstances. the fundamental change which was due to ta ke the fundamental change which was due to take place in the constitution of the united kingdom on the 31st of 0ctober. parliament, and in particular the house of commons, as the elected representatives of the people, has a right to a voice in how that change comes about.

it should be between parliament. parliament takes exception. they have the tools available to address the matter. employ theseot to tools and that is a political matter, and it is entirely up to them. i will just add this one further point. how, in the context of that political minefield, is the court to opine on the issue of purpose or improper purpose or legitimate political purpose or illegitimate political purpose? how are these concepts to be defined and applied in this context? the applicants and the petitioners are inviting the court into for bid and territory , and into what is essentially a minefield, and ill-defined minefield -- an ill-defined minefield. the courts are not properly equipped to deal with this. i turn from there to some of the particulars of the appeal in the -- the case at hand. the first point i wish to make is simply this. it may have been noted by the court already. in his submissions, the prime minister new and made no attempt whatsoever to respond to criticisms that i have made of the reasoning of the inner house

parliament.‘ chanting shame on you! each opinion expresses the view that the advice given, by the government, to her majesty the queen, to pirogue parliament from 9th september to 14th october, was unlawful and that therefore the prorogation itself is unlawful. to prorogue parliament from 9th september to 14th october, was unlawful and that therefore the prorogation itself is unlawful. the case was brought by more than 70 parliamentarians, who had argued that suspending parliament was an attack on democracy and an abuse of power. they are now calling for parliament to be recalled. this is a unanimous decision, a unanimous decision by scotland's highest court, that the prorogation of parliament by boris johnson was unlawful and as tommy sheppard, one of my co—petitioners has pointed out, now, for every moment parliament remains prorogued, the british government are breaking the law, so we, as politicians, are calling for parliament to be recalled, so that we can get on with scrutinising what t

by the houses of parliament and therefore it was denying the house of parliament the ability to do its jussi then the most serious question of all was this lawful deed boris johnson have the right to do this was he acting lawfully and unanimously these justices all decided no he wasn't so effectively this the suspension of parliament is void it has no effect that's what lady hale was saying there but now it is up to the speakers of the houses of parliament the house of commons and the house of lords so work out what happens next but effectively this means that i she just said parliament is still in session and it's been brought up at any and boris johnson has said that he will respect whatever the court decides the ball is in his court no. he certainly is it was quite a damning statement to the supremes court judge brenda hale said saying that parliament has not been perogue basically saying that the strategy has a chance of rivals claim he has implemented. was really to make sure that m.p.'s were out of the way to push forward with the possibility of a new deal brags that this will co

this was the moment in parliament... the ayes to the right 311, the noes wrote to the left, 302. —— noes to the left, 320. the ayes to the right 311, the noes to the left, 302. —— noes to the left, 320. unlock! so, another defeat for the government. the motion forces the publication of private text messages between mps on the proroguing or the suspension of parliament. it also requires the government to publish more detail on its assessment of the impact of no—deal, the yellowhammer report. this is their preparedness for a no—deal brexit, but whether those documents will be forthcoming remains to be seen, because we had a similar motion last year regarding the backstop, but that details not so the backstop, but that details not so forthcoming. we will watch to see what happens and we will hope to speak to dominic grieve who brought that motion this evening late in the programme. you mention that number ten might not be obliged to offer up these text messages and documents, what is available to mps who voted f

it will not be a new parliament, and it might be a brexit parliament, and it might be a brexit parliament, it will beat this parliament. —— basket year. ithink the last. i think we are talking about the stewardship of the house and parliament and it will go down asa and parliament and it will go down as a successful period in the history. thank you very much indeed. that is one view on the speaker. there are alternative views available. there are indeed. thank you very much. we will come back to you very much. we will come back to you later on. i am joined by the labourmp, andy you later on. i am joined by the labour mp, andy mcdonald, shadow transport mp as well. pretty dramatic events. he has chosen his moment perfectly. for the speaker? you might say that. these attributes are going on longer than they ought to. —— tributes. it is an important moment because he has been the champion of parliament and holding the executive to scrutiny. that is fine, should be acknowledged. of course, he has chosen the 31st of october quite smartly because the tories will not have the pleasure of

now on bbc news: monday in parliament. hello and welcome to monday in parliament. the main news from westminster: parliament is suspended for five weeks after another day of defeats and dramas. the commons rejects the prime minister's second was for a general election. let the people decide. let the people decide if they want to delay or not stop though labour leader urges johnson to end speculation that he wants to get around laws to stop a no—deal brexit. the prime minister could sort this out very quickly if he just had the courtesy to come to this house and confirm he will acce pt this house and confirm he will accept all the provisions of the act that this house hasjust passed. here, here. and emotional scenes as john bercow announces his plans to stand down as speaker. john bercow announces his plans to stand down as speakerlj john bercow announces his plans to stand down as speaker. i wish my successof stand down as speaker. i wish my successor in the chair the very best fortune in standing up for the rights of honourable and right honourable members indiv

parliament might be recalled, the government might try to prorogue parliament all over again. we will have to wait and see. but it will be a momentous day with huge legal, constitutional and political ramifications. let's get this report on what we can expect from our legal correspondent clive coleman. it's arrived at speed — judgment day. 11 justices at the supreme court will rule on whether borisjohnson acted unlawfully in advising the queen to prorogue or suspend parliament for five weeks. is he anxious? i'm going to wait and see what thejudgement is, and... but i want to stress that this is a government that fully respects the law and fully respects the judiciary. the supreme court will resolve two dramatically contradictory rulings. scotland's highest civil court ruled the prime minister's advice to the queen to prorogue was motivated by the improper purpose of stymieing or frustrating parliament during critical weeks before brexit. but the high court in london, in a case brought by the businesswoman gina miller, ruled that proroguing was a political matter and there we

come to parliament? i hope so, and they should do, yesterday we saw an interesting thing, yvette cooper, heading up the home affairs select committee, they did not do it in parliament but they did a shadow thing. i think mps must be very careful, about not just thing. i think mps must be very careful, about notjust going off on holiday and relaxing during this period of time! they need to show the public that they are ready to get their shirt sleeves rolled up. surely nobody is going off on holiday. i don't know, but mps... they have only just holiday. i don't know, but mps... they have onlyjust come back from holiday. they have to be very careful about that. let's talk about the labour brexit position, the bass's position, and his brexit secretary, and the deputy‘s position, what is going on? real divisions at the top of labour, which is a shame because i think they have had a very good week, of they have had a very good week, of the stone used critics ofjeremy corbyn have said to me, you know what, f

parliament will resume its business. there will not be the traditional prime minister's questions, which is usually wednesday, midday. the timing of this, this will shape up the u.k. political scene. they are having the annual party conference at the moment. policy is decided, jeremy corbyn was due to be giving his keynote speech tomorrow. this walks on his statage. his firstson, conservative party conference wawas due to begin on monday in manchester. what are conservatives going to raginge this debate is in london? our leading members of government going to be discussing policy and other areaeas w when parliament is gog to do all i can to stop boris johnson in its tracks? it shakes up the political scenene. we are not sure if he will stick toto his guns. he will be under a lot of prpressure whehen he returns to. soil. be told he acted unlalawfully, that he mislsled e queen. t to see if he buckles to the pressure or sticks to his guns and goes to a parliament versus the pepeople t as we have s seen his advisors alluding

, parliament always wins. parliament is sovereign, suspending it was illegal and boris johnson gave unlawful advice to the queen. the verdict of the supreme court was clear and devastating. some also believe it will have a dramatic impact on the future relationship between prime minister and monarch. traditionally, the queen relied on the prime minister ‘s advice and we now know for the future, for the queen, for the monarchs that follow, that if it comes down to a choice between what parliament wants and the prime minister wants, it turns to parliament and therefore at some stage, the queen or any other monarch is now empowered to ignore the advice of the prime minister if he or she feels it is not commensurate with what parliament wa nts. commensurate with what parliament wants. throughout history, suspending parliament for long periods is never really work. we go right from the magna carta right up to what is seen as the most celebrated moment of prorogation which is when charles i propagated parliament b

he prorogued parliament to try to prevent prorogued parliament to try to p reve nt m ps prorogued parliament to try to prevent mps stopping a nokia brexit. he's kicked 21 mps out of the conservative party. —— stopping a no—deal brexit. including churchill's grandson. just because they dared to stand up to him. there is even now the suggestion that he would break the law and refuse to ask for an extension of article 50. silencing critics, purging opponents, ignoring the law. for someone opponents, ignoring the law. for someone to do it but hooper claims to hate socialist dictators he is doing a pretty good impression of one. applause. and borisjohnson's insults of choice are rather revealing. big girl's blouse. girly swot. let me tell you, conference, if he thinks being a woman is somehow a weakness he is about to find out it is not! applause. when the general election comes i cannot wait to take on the collective forces of nationalism and populism that will be standing on that debate stage. johnson, faraj and corbyn. if he had campaigned to remain in 2016 with half of the energy you pu

is accountable to parliament. for the executive to use a prerogative power to seek to evade control by parliament stands the basic principles of constitutional law on their head. it conflicts with the basic principle of our constitutional law, stated by lord browne wilkinson, i'll take the court to the authority later, but let me give the citation, it is in the fire brigades union case, authorities volume three, tab 42, page 552, e — f, mayl authorities volume three, tab 42, page 552, e — f, may i quote, "the constitutional history of this country is the history of the prerogative powers of the crown being made subject to the overriding powers of the democratically elected legislature of the sovereign body". we will say that the arguments for the prime minister and the advocate general asserts the constitutional novelty that the powers of the democratically elected legislature are subject to the desire of the executive to avoid parliamentary scrutiny. and our third submission will be, with great respect, that

this prime minister must open the doors of parliament tomorrow. mps must get back and be brave and bold in holding this unscrupulous government to account. thank you. so what next? immediate calls to new york, 3,000 miles away, for the prime minister‘s audacious move condemned by the court... prime minister, are you going to resign? ..to be a reason to resign. there‘s been a court case in our country this morning, which i think some of you may have picked up on the media. another chance to suggest the establishment is trying to stop him. i have the highest respect, of course, for ourjudiciary and for the independence of our courts, but i must say i strongly disagree with thisjudgment. and we in the uk will not be deterred from getting on and delivering on the will of the people to come out of the eu on october 31st. the labour leader‘s conference in brighton disrupted and delighted by the news. it shows that the prime minister has acted wrongly in shutting down parliament. i invite boris johnson, in the historic words, to consider his positi

this parliament is a dead parliament. it should no longer sit. it has no moral right to sit on the green benches and whatever... clamouring. mps shouted and jeered as the attorney general said there should be an election. they can agree to a motion to allow this house to dissolve, but they are too cowardly... clamouring. hear, hear! this parliament should have the courage to face the electorate, but it won't. it won't because so many of them are really all about preventing us leaving the european union. hear, hear! but the time is coming... the time is coming, mr speaker, when even these turkeys would be —— will not be able to prevent christmas! no shame today. no shame at all. the fact that this government, cynically manipulated the prorogation to shut down this house so that it could not work as a democratic assembly. he knows that that is the truth and to come here with his barrister‘s bluster to obfuscate the truth, and for a man like him, a party like that and a leader like this — this prime minister to talk about morals and morality

parliament, it is all made void. if thatis parliament, it is all made void. if that is the case, it is extremely difficult because proceedings in parliament cannot be considered or questioned or impeached in court. if there is such a legal chain then there is such a legal chain then there are serious questions. if the initial decision is wrong, questions as to whether it puts a cloak over all the decisions are naked not considerate. complex discussions. i feel like i have just considerate. complex discussions. i feel like i havejust been considerate. complex discussions. i feel like i have just been at one of your lectures. let's get the latest business news. apple is in court in an attempt to overturn a european commission ruling which says it owes ireland more than £10 billion in back taxes. brussels ruled three years ago that apple's effective tax rate of i% in ireland amounts to illegal state aid. apple and the irish government argue that the arrangement is legal. the deadline for smart meters to be rolled out i

parliaments act. under the terms of that act and the periods are quite instructive i will suggest, the period between dissolution and an election must be 25 working days or 35 calendar days. during which time the executive will clearly not be accountable to parliament. and there it will be for the executive in that exercise of prerogative powers to determine when parliament will actually be summoned. now in respect of prorogation, it is clear that political purposes may very well prevail over any formal purpose or requirement for prorogation of parliament and we have seen many instances of that over the years. if in the event of prorogation parliament takes exception to that course of action, it has a very clear route to adopt. it may, following the prorogation to which it took exception or in anticipation of the prorogation which has not begun because that would be the instant case, at the beginning of september of this year, move a motion of no confidence in the executive. in such a motion if move b

tomorrow, parliament will return. cheering the government will be held to account for what it has done. borisjohnson has been found to have misled the country. this unelected prime minister should now resign. cheering and there was more. he thinks he's above us all. he's part of an elite that disdains democracy. i will tell you this, i don't think he is fit to be prime minister. applause so, what is mr corbyn going to do next? he could hold a vote of no confidence in boris johnson but for now he is reluctant to act. this crisis can only be settled with a general election. that election needs to take place as soon as this government's threat of a disastrous no deal is taken off the table. cheering labour's disagreements over brexit have been on full display at this conference. they agree they want a second referendum but corbyn‘s top team is split over whether they should say now that they will campaign for remain. labour will end the brexit crisis by taking the decision back to the people with a choice, a credible l

because there is no deal that parliament can agree. the answerfor him is he knows what damage it would do to the british economy. he stood on a manifesto saying that, he didn't say at the time we have to have a deal. he was chancellor on that manifesto and now he's not supporting it. should philip hammond and david gauke, a much respected formerjustice secretary, former secretary of state for development rory stewart, should these people be expelled from the conservative party in effect if they vote with opposition parties to thwart a no—deal brexit over the coming days? well, if they vote effectively to put an alternative government in power, which i believe is the likely proposal... well, to be honest, i think what they're proposing at the moment is a very simple piece of legislation if they can take control of the house of commons. there we . that's where i'm going — if you take control of the house of commons you're effectively putting an alternative government in power. you're putting jeremy corbyn, the snp and the lib dems in

we need a new parliament, mr. speaker, because we need a government with a mandate and a parliament that votes for something positive. from now on, a collection of opposition mp's should be known , frankly, mr. speaker, as a shamble, because we offer leadership. what they offer, god knows. >> thank you, mr. speaker. what the prime minister has put to us is clearly a poisoned chalice. he is like the schoolroom clown who thinks that he can offer something to us, dancing around, blabbering from the dispatch box, but we know who he is. he is a man that has been twice sacked for lying. he clearly is a person that we cannot trust. and we therefore -- >> order. order. the honorable gentleman is referring to parts of a member's career. i don't think he is making any allegation. i certainly hope he isn't. if you will let me finish. i hope he is not making allegations about the conduct of a member in this chamber. and he isn't. and therefore he is not out of order. he is not out of order. i know the rules. i know how to int

we degrade this parliament at our peril. i served as a member of arliament for 22 years and for last 10, as speaker. put it been -- let me explicitly -- the greatest privilege of my professional life, for which i will be eternally grateful. i wish my successor in the chair in ery best fortune standing up for the rights of all of our right honorable for parliament institutionally as the speaker of the house of commons. thank you. cheers and applause] is mr. bercow: you are really a very bunch of again rouse people. i love this place. you love this place. and we look forward to a future with interests and anticipation and enthusiasm. >> i want to put on record my thanks to you as being a soup pesh speaker of this house. my thanks to you as a colleague in parliament and think mampings to your family in the way they have supported you through difficult times when many of the media has been unfair rment. and your two sons are good at football. i was impressed and i know you support the same team as me. mr. speaker, in your role a

the worst and most acrimonious session of parliament i have ever watched andi of parliament i have ever watched and i have been watching parliament for a very long time and mps almost screaming at each other. and the prime minister doubling down on his view that a legal challenge to his shuttering of parliament, the corroding as it is known, was, in his view, wrong. it was notjust the prime minister yesterday who said that, cabinet members were lining up to make that point that in their view they respect what the supreme court has said but they believe that the ruling was wrong. this has incensed and already incendiary situation and frankly between now and the end of october, the language, if we thought it could not get any worse, is probably likely to become much worse. as reflected on the front page of the daily mirror where they refer, to that mention of jo cox, the mp who was stabbed. she was murdered during the referendum campaign, such was the frenzy of discourse whipped up during that campaign. and many mps say they now fearfor campaign. and many mps say they now fear for their s

. -- in parliament. he is faced with having to ask for the extension and if he does not want to do that, he will have to resign or face a no-confidence motion in parliament. i think the next move will probably see parliament come back, and they do not come back automatically. there will be more discussion of brexit, but i don't think that will change the situation we have, which is parliament has blocked a no deal. boris johnson will have to ask for an extension, or someone will have to do it in his place. francine: let's go back to the u.k. supreme court where we are hearing from joanna cherry, the s&p lawmaker. -- smp lawmaker. there are still a lot of loopholes that boris johnson could foods -- force through no deal. tim: there are loopholes, there always are, but those can be blocked by parliament. if there is some new trick up their sleeve, parliament at the -- at has a no deal majority against no deal and if it is sitting, will be able to do anything about that trick. if thisry likely judgment make

, then parliament is free to sit, it is a matter for parliament, but parliament is free to sit again. now, there is some question as to whether that would be the position, in an english ruling, and also the position in relation to and also the position in relation to a scottish ruling, but that is one view from a lawyer is a very close to this case, who feel very strongly that the ruling stands until the appeal, today's ruling stands until the appeal and therefore, parliament is free to sit again. could the government, though, try to argue that until the supreme court delivers itsjudgment that until the supreme court delivers its judgment that it is not obliged to come back? that they could make an application to the supreme court to that effect under the spring court rules, but these events a re the spring court rules, but these events are moving very quickly, and thus far, that has not been applied for, so it is a possibility, certainly, but as norman was saying, quoting keir starmer and others, there is a view that parliament can just sit again, and this isjust hours after it was p

and see and the accountability of the government to parliament. lord sumption a former supreme court judge wrote today that boris johnson is guilty of what he calls constitutional vandalism and he said that it's regrettable that it had to come to this what do you think he means with regrettable is it regrettable that johnson apparently misled the queen and then illegally suspended parliament or is it regrettable that the supreme court had jerusalem this matter so i don't want to read into the words of florence sumption who's a fantastic jurist but this is certainly a discussion in the broader sense that is ongoing here in the u.k. the question of bringing the courts and also bringing the queen because the advice was to the queen the queen didn't exercise her royal power but bringing these 2 constitutional organs that traditionally have nothing to do with politics the queen does not pronounce political opinions and the courts are very deferential of anything to do with political matters now suddenly where we have little sizing these organs of our s

applause parliament has been suspended for less tha n parliament has been suspended for less than two days. the decision to shut it down proved controversial. now it has been ruled unlawful, with all threejudges in a court in edinburgh ruling that the suspension of parliament was motivated by what they call the improper purpose of stymieing parliament. this opinion ex presses stymieing parliament. this opinion expresses the view that the advice given by the government to her majesty the queen to pirogue parliament from ninth september to 14th october was unlawful and that therefore the prorogation itself was unlawful. the case was brought by more than 70 parliamentarians who had argued that suspending parliament was an attack on democracy and an abuse of power. they are now calling for parliament to be recalled. this is a unanimous decision by scotland's highest court that the prorogation of parliament by borisjohnson was unlawful and as tommy sheppard, one of my co—petitioners has pointed out, for now every moment that parliament remains macro to the british government are breaking

this parliament is a dead parliament. it should no longer sit. for this prime minister to talk about morals and morality is a disgrace! all that to come and more as mps returned to westminster after tuesday's supreme court ruling that the government had acted unlawfully in proroguing or suspending parliament for five weeks. the order paper setting out the commons agenda was almost blank, but there was plenty for mps to talk about. the speaker explained why. order, order. colleagues, welcome back to our place of work. the uk supreme court ruled yesterday that parliament has not been prorogued. so they got down to work. the prime minister had flown back early from new york to update mps and deliver his verdict. and mps who blocked his attempt to call a general election. instead of facing the voters, the opposition turned tail and fled. the supreme court was asked to intervene and it is no disrespect to the judiciary to say i think the court was wrong to pronounce on what is essentially a political question. despite the fact i called the same proces

well that's a very good question at the moment we're looking at parliament of course parliament's role was to strengthen and we expect that parliament will reconvene at some point maybe even tomorrow as i said the labor conference party conference is closing tomorrow so indeed we could see that we've already seen one conservative party member tweeting from inside the chamber of parliament saying i am back in session i am basically here to debate all matters related so from within each of boris johnson's own party and this call for parliament to assemble immediately was mirrored by gina miller for example the business woman who brought forward and. they speak volumes this prime minister must have the doors of parliament tomorrow m.p.'s must get back and be brave and bold in hoping this good government to account thank you. so the government is being now held to account after the supreme court ruling but this whole mess if you can call it that we've seen was actually as a result of briggs said what does this decision mean now for brits of the dead done with the 31st of october. well the

you also have to look at parliament and government. these quys at parliament and government. these guys are not sitting all that long a nyway guys are not sitting all that long anyway and suddenly to be told they have five weeks of, a bit of a shock to most mps who do not want to go home forfive to most mps who do not want to go home for five weeks and all the rest of it home for five weeks and all the rest ofit—i home for five weeks and all the rest of it — i will not go any further. also they feel they have been sent by the constituents to be in the house of commons and to vote in the way they have told that constituents they would. they are at a loss. 0ne of the reasons they was so vociferous is that they have been away for two weeks and they have been spectators and they do not like it and been spectators and they do not like itandi been spectators and they do not like it and i understand that. they want to feel they are in the house and wa nt to to feel they are in the house and want to do right by that constituents but a lot of them have a very complicated situation

he has only had to face parliament for one day so far and it's still a hung parliament and he can't change that until an election. so i see risks in this strategy, but it's clear what it is, he hasn't hidden it. he wants to get britain out on october the 31st and feels that the fate of his party is dependent, and him obviously, on doing so. eunice, intoxicated? surely. surely, because these are very dangerous tactics. the honeymoon periods also have the added advantage for the sitting prime minister, that parliament is not sitting so there are no announcements and everything goes well. and he forgets, i think he is forgetting the key fact that he is the prime minister of a minority government. suspending parliament when we are — the clock is ticking for brexit is extremely dangerous and it has had the effect of uniting people who are against a no—deal brexit but that so far had failed to come together, drafting a strategy on how to stop a no—deal brexit. well, he managed to do that and, as steve says, even if the endgame is to call an early election, that's very risky. not only are t

neither has of parliament sits. during prorogation, parliament sits. during prorogation, parliament does not meet and that means legislation cannot be considered or introduced by mps and peers. debates in the chamber and westminster hall are not held written and oral parliamentary questions cannot be asked. committees do not carry out usual business of enquiry and evidence taking. temporary suspension of activities not normally significant asa activities not normally significant as a new session typically begins shortly thereafter. for a longer prorogation however, this suspension of activity we is the ability of parliamentarians to hold the government to account. that is the undisputed position. inevitably, thinking about your ladyship's question, there will inevitably have been parliamentary questions that we re been parliamentary questions that were pending on the 9th of september, which will not have been answered and will not now be answered and will not now be answered until the 14th of october. but the point i emphasise is that parliament is pre

the majority of this parliament are opposed and not to the no deal, but this parliament does not want brexit to happen at all. many of those who voted for the surrender acts a few weeks ago intentionthat their was to stop a no deal brexit. they have said every day since that parliament must vote against any deal at all. the people of this country should see clearly what is going on. the people at home -- >> order. boris: people are >> people are distinct relating wildly -- district chelating wildly. the prime minister. boris: the people of this country can see perfectly clearly what is going on, they know that parliament does not want to honor and respect the referendum, the people at home know that this parliament will keep delaying, and sabotaging the negotiations because they do not want a deal. is theaker, the truth members are living in a fantasy world. imagine that somehow they are going to -- this is what they want to do. they will cancel the first referendum, and parliament will really that this time it will respect that vote. and they think that the public will vote to remain

and what is the point of parliament, what is the point of parliament, what is the value of parliament in these times of brexit?|j what is the value of parliament in these times of brexit? i do wonder if you have any inkling as to what thejudges might if you have any inkling as to what the judges might decide if you have any inkling as to what thejudges might decide on if you have any inkling as to what the judges might decide on the basis of what you have heard today or is it just too early to say?|j of what you have heard today or is itjust too early to say? i would echo almost everyone in it, which is we don't know. it is so difficult to us we don't know. it is so difficult to us sitting here because both arguments are so strong. i know that i favour the legality and decision ability but i'm driven by the rule of law. you were dealing with 11 judges who are highly motivated not to give away what they are thinking. because the actually cannot do that because it could move markets. so when they ask, the deputy president and president soon i think in january, he almost seems to enjoy a

parliament should now reconvene immediately so that means that m.p.'s will be assembling probably tomorrow and stanch debating all matters breaks that again and we've also heard from the labor opposition calls for the prime minister to resign when this decision when this ruling came out here at the supreme court in london we've heard tremendous cheers from the demonstrators who had assembled here despite the rain this morning calling for johnson to resign and celebrating a victory for well democracy and for the strengthening of parliament so cheers from somebody huge setback for borrows a johnson do we do what this means for him and how he's likely to react. well of course this is a an absolute blow for boris johnson he right now is in new york at the u.n. general assembly he has it's about 6 am there so somebody will have woken him up by now or he has followed this of course from his hotel room and it is a huge. well we are the pressure will mount on him to resign because essentially what this ruling means is that he missed let the queen in advising h

no, because parliament would not sit during that process , parliament would not sit during that process, but it is constitutionally wrong for a government to parliament at the time of what is national and political constitutional crisis. what do you think will unfold?” don't know. it is very difficult to comment specifically until we see the motion that they will have the emergency debate this afternoon. there are a number of things they could do without. the intention is to ta ke could do without. the intention is to take over the order paper and use it to legislate, we might see attem pts it to legislate, we might see atte m pts to it to legislate, we might see attempts to see a humble address woven into it. to her majesty? that would be enormous, if that were to happen. that is basically the house asking the queen to intervene and asking the queen to intervene and ask for an extension to article 50? this procedure was used during's the's time during government to request papers on no deal forecasts and the legal advice of the attorney general. but it can be used for other things. d

absolutely i'm for parliament doing its job, but if you recall parliament, what are parliamentarians then expected to do? because they will not actually admit that they are in denial about where they should all go. electrical reaction to the release of operation yellowhammer documents. —— political. our political correspondent chris mason is at westminster. light rather than heat, what's the extent of what's released in these documents? it is quite stark, the detail in this document. there's a i’ow detail in this document. there's a row about the extent to which this isa row about the extent to which this is a worst—case scenario, this document is badged, or it might be closer to a middle ground scenario on the worry—ometer about what no—deal might look like, because the league to the sunday times a couple of weeks ago was similar to this but it was described as a base scenario, a middle scenario, rather than this, a middle scenario, rather than this, a more worrying thing. at least the government is entertaining the prospect of this kind of reaction or consequence of a n

parliament or whether recall parliament and then suspended again. what we do know is the stakes are enormous for mrjohnson because were he to lose, symbolically, in terms of the standing, it would be the first time in modern history a prime minister had beenjudged to have misled parliament. it would almost certainly prompt contempt of parliament proceedings against him by mps seeking to secure more documents to prove he lied and to prove he lied to the queen, which in turn would refuel demands that he should quit. there would be fresh pressure on him to disclose more details about his brexit negotiating strategy, about his planning for no deal. it would make it harderfor him to defy mps a second time as he has threatened to do over this bill backbenchers past seeking to block a no—deal brexit. those around mr johnson are confident they are going to win. they say this is a matter for the politicians, not forjudges. surely the one thing we have learned about boris johnson's premiership surely the one thing we have learned about borisjohnson‘s prem

that's why we're so angry that parliament was prorogued, because i should be in parliament at the moment with the ability to interrogate the prime minister and ministers. warnings about the impact of a no—deal brexit have, at times, by some been dismissed as project fear. but these are government assessments — and so harder to downplay. and for those mps who are against a no—deal departure but for the recall of parliament, these papers provide extra ammunition. that's the thing about yellowhammer today, which is we have to remember that the government has suspended parliament, silenced the elected representatives so that they are not going to be scrutinised in the way that they would have been in parliament if parliament had been, as it should be today, still sitting. mps who don't quite go in for this military discipline forced boris johnson to publish these no—deal assessments. could the supreme court next week force him to recall parliament? a captain of a ship isn't always in control. jessica parker, bbc news. in a moment, we'll find out what the eu make of all this, and talk

parliament suspending parliament was that as this court has it effectively a way of gaining some power from him gaining power boris johnson was using this to gain power over the process and that it's a campaign he said that he was trying to essentially ram through a no deal writes it policy by denying parliament's the ability to debate it and stop it but i also heard from the speakers outside the supreme court just now calling for a concert to britain constitution britain does not have one it's got a patchwork of various laws and precedents which sort of make up a constitution but it does not have a written constitution and that perhaps could be something that is an outcome of this that this is a move towards britain actually codifying its constitutional law right rory what happens next there are many calls now full m.p.'s to get back to westminster to start the business of scrutinizing the whole bracks it process again we've heard from jumbo because the speaker welcoming the decision so parliament is not actually officially suspended it is still sitting in session. yet that was the ru

parliament has not been prorogued. the court said it was now up to parliamentarians to decide how and when to resume the session. for the businesswoman who has battled for years to give parliament its say on brexit, this was a landmark moment. the ruling today speaks volumes. this prime minister must open the doors of parliament tomorrow. mps must get back and be brave and bold in holding this unscrupulous government to account. thank you. the high court said this was a judgment on the boundaries of government power, not on brexit, but many in the uk will see those two issues as one and the same. richard lister, bbc news. gina millerjoins us now, the businesswoman and anti brexit campaign who brought the successful case against this set of decisions by the government. thank you for joining us again. we heard your response and what you said when the ruling came out. what are the implications? from a constitutional point of view, it means that a prime minister cannot close down parliament at any time, but has to a lwa ys

now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. hello again, and welcome to thursday in parliament, as the speaker appeals to mps... to lower the decibel level and to try to treat each other as opponents, not as enemies. the prime minister's warned that words have consequences... cos we all get abuse, and i've had a death threat this week that literally quoted the prime minister and used the prime minister's name and words in a death threat that was delivered to my staff. and another commons vote. can boris johnson break his losing streak? the ayes to the right, 289. the noes to the left, 306. all that to come, and more. but first, as you know, there are often angry exchanges in the commons. but on wednesday night, that anger reached new levels. labour mps criticised the prime minister's choice of language. one referred tojo cox, the labour mp who was killed by a right—wing extremist days before the eu referendum, saying mps face death threats from people using similar language. we stand here, mr speaker, under the shield of our

represent themselves as on the side of the versus per city is parliament, but parliament is rolling out all the sort of avenues borisjohnson is seen to be trying to go down. —— perfidious parliament. they have put a roadblock on the idea of an early general election and closed off the idea of pursuing a no—deal brexit, borisjohnson is a man running out of options pretty quickly, and it was interesting yesterday in dublin, his language around a deal. yes, he has always said he wants a deal but i have never heard him being quite so i have never heard him being quite so enthusiastic about an agreement, even sounding a cautionary note about the prospect of no deal, last night after losing the vote on a general election, again saying his first priority was a deal. you just wonder, if at team johnson, they are beginning to conclude that the only way out of this is some agreement, however difficult, very little time to getan however difficult, very little time to get an agreement, not cleared there is the mechanism to alert the backstop, but may be, they have two pivots to putting a