Rolling coverage of the day´s political developments, including day one of the supreme court hearing to decide on claims the suspension of parliament was unlawfulJohnson´s suspension of parliament `unlawful abuse of power´Johnson likely to lose court case, says LabourCressida Dick criticises PM over speech to police recruits 1.13pm BST Boris Johnson spoke to Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, this morning, Downing Street has said. They spoke about Saudi Arabia and Iran, but also about Brexit. According to Number 10, this is what was said on that topic.On Brexit, the prime minister reiterated that the UK and the EU have agreed to accelerate efforts to reach a deal without the backstop which the UK parliament could support, and that we would work with energy and determination to achieve this ahead of Brexit on the 31 October. 1.05pm BST Pannick says, if this issue is not justiciable, people have to ask what might happen if another PM were to prorogue parliament for six months or for a year.And he says it is no good referring to Dicey for guidance on this because he was writing in another era. And Dicey said something like that would be most unconstitutional. Continue reading...
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