PM Boris Johnson - monster thread for a monster twat

[gentlegreen]

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Just when you though this season of "The UK" was coming to an end, boom, plot twist

 

[Ming]

Sorry to be Captain Buzz kill but the clock's still ticking. He can still prorogue again. They just want a no deal on the 31st. Everything else is froth and nonsense... but a step in the right direction.

 

[gentlegreen]

Bercow in charge now ?

 

[ruffneck23]

Just when you though this season of "The UK" was coming to an end, boom, plot twist

nicked that , soz

 

[Dogsauce]

Parliament should sneak back in when the tories are all off at conference and quickly pass measures to proscribe membership of the Tory party under anti-terror legislation and begin the process of transportation.

 

[cupid_stunt]

He can still prorogue again.

I would be very surprised if he can.

 

[andysays]

Bercow saying parliament must reconvene "without delay"

 

[Spymaster]

Sorry to be Captain Buzz kill but the clock's still ticking. He can still prorogue again.

Given that there's just been a Supreme Court judgement saying that it was illegal, he'd be a fucking idiot to do it again. It would be challenged again with the same result.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Good on the court.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2019-0192-summary.pdf

 

[Rivendelboy]

Uh oh, he's in trouble, Lady Hale's come along and burst his bubble. Uh oh.

Of course there will now be many who think he's the hero fighting a corrupt unaccountable establishment

 

[cupid_stunt]

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2019-0192-summary.pdf

This Court has already concluded that the Prime Minister’s advice to Her Majesty was unlawful, void and of no effect. This means that the Order in Council to which it led was also unlawful, void and of no effect and should be quashed. This means that when the Royal Commissioners walked into the House of Lords it was as if they walked in with a blank sheet of paper. The prorogation was also void and of no effect. Parliament has not been prorogued.

This is the unanimous judgment of all 11 Justices. 4 It is for Parliament, and in particular the Speaker and the Lord Speaker to decide what to do next. Unless there is some Parliamentary rule of which we are unaware, they can take immediate steps to enable each House to meet as soon as possible. It is not clear to us that any step is needed from the Prime Minister, but if it is, the court is pleased that his counsel have told the court that he will take all necessary steps to comply with the terms of any declaration made by this court. It follows that the Advocate General’s appeal in the case of Cherry is dismissed and Mrs Miller’s appeal is allowed. The same declarations and orders should be made in each case.

 

[Ming]

Given that there's just been a Supreme Court judgement saying that it was illegal, he'd be a fucking idiot to do it again. It would be challenged again with the same result.

Do you not think they gamed this months ago? They're still running the clock down.

 

[Spymaster]

Do you not think they gamed this months ago?

No. Absolutely not. They thought they'd get away with it and have just been fucked by a freight train.

Johnson is in deep shit and any 'gaming' they might have planned has just unravelled spectacularly.

 

[Pickman's model]

Sorry to be Captain Buzz kill but the clock's still ticking. He can still prorogue again. They just want a no deal on the 31st. Everything else is froth and nonsense... but a step in the right direction.

he can still try to prorogue

 

[Pickman's model]

No. Absolutely not. They thought they'd get away with it and have just been fucked by a freight train.

Johnson is in deep shit and any 'gaming' they might have planned has just unravelled spectacularly.

yeh my 120 days of sod 'im prediction looking rather threadbare, might just be 90

 

[andysays]

Do you not think they gamed this months ago? They're still running the clock down.

They are still trying to run the clock down, but this decision has certainly further weakened Johnson's position and made it less likely that he will actually succeed.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Do you not think they gamed this months ago? They're still running the clock down.

I dunno, I'm beginning to suspect that Johnson isn't actually a Machiavellian genius tbh.

 

[andysays]

I dunno, I'm beginning to suspect that Johnson isn't actually a Machiavellian genius tbh.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I dunno, I'm beginning to suspect that Johnson isn't actually a Machiavellian genius tbh.

 

[cupid_stunt]

They thought they'd get away with it and have just been fucked by a freight train.

 

[Pickman's model]

I dunno, I'm beginning to suspect that Johnson isn't actually a Machiavellian genius tbh.

he couldn't even spell machiavelli

 

[Pickman's model]

sales of my tiny violins have soared to previously unseen heights

 

[editor]

Just to soak it all up from the BBC:

Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Mr Johnson suspended - or prorogued - Parliament for five weeks earlier this month, saying it was to allow a Queen's Speech to outline his new policies.

But the court said it was wrong to stop Parliament carrying out its duties in the run-up to the Brexit deadline on 31 October.

Downing Street said it was "currently processing the verdict".

Delivering its conclusions, the Supreme Court's president, Lady Hale, said: "The effect on the fundamentals of our democracy was extreme."

She added: "The decision to advise Her Majesty to prorogue 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."

Lady Hale said the unanimous decision of the 11 justices was that Parliament had not been prorogued - the decision was null and of no effect - and it was for the Speakers of the Commons and Lords to decide what to do next.

Commons Speaker John Bercow welcomed the ruling and said Parliament "must convene without delay", adding that he would now consult party leaders "as a matter of urgency".

Wow! This is legal, constitutional and political dynamite.

It is worth just taking a breath and considering that a prime minister of the United Kingdom has been found by the highest court in the land to have acted unlawfully in shutting down the sovereign body in our constitution, Parliament, at a time of national crisis.

The court may have fallen short of saying Boris Johnson had an improper motive of stymieing or frustrating parliamentary scrutiny, but the damage is done, he has been found to have acted unlawfully and stopped Parliament from doing its job without any legal justification.

And the court has quashed both his advice to the Queen and the Order in Council which officially suspended parliament.

Suspending Parliament was unlawful, court rules

 

[editor]

Plaid Cymru's leader Liz Saville Roberts:

The supreme court has delivered a damming and unanimous verdict. Boris Johnson has broken the law for undermining the basic principles of democracy. The prime minister has shown himself to be no better than a tin-pot dictator, shutting down democracy to avoid scrutiny.

There is no question, the prime minister must resign immediately and a crash-out Brexit stopped once and for all.

In his short time in office Boris Johnson has proven himself to be a deeply dangerous and anti-democratic leader, with no respect for the rule of law. It would be a complete affront to civilised society if the prime minister did not resign after this historic ruling.

SNP:

 

[hash tag]

Uh oh, he's in trouble, Lady Hale's come along and burst his bubble. Uh oh.

Of course there will now be many who think he's the hero fighting a corrupt unaccountable establishment

Sadly true

 

[belboid]

Farage calls for Cummings to go

 

[Ming]

Believe me all. I'll be tap dancing with delight to see these fuckers go down like the Hindenburg. Don't get me wrong.

 

[gentlegreen]

Farage calls for Cummings to go

He's twice the statesmen Johnson is - makes yer proud to be English.