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Supreme court hears claims the suspension of parliament was unlawful; plus Lib Dem conference concludesDay 1 of supreme court´s prorogation hearing - SummaryJo Swinson´s speech to Lib Dem conferenceJohnson´s suspension of parliament `unlawful abuse of power´Supreme court hearing: what you need to knowLiz Truss should resign over illegal Saudi arms sales, say MPs 6.18pm BST Here are some more detail on those comments from Ireland´s deputy prime minister, Simon Coveney, who has said the EU is yet to see any written UK proposals for a new Brexit deal.There is an obligation on the party looking for change to come up with solutions that can deal with the consequences of what they are asking for. If that question can´t be answered, we will not have a deal.If the current position from the UK side is that the backstop needs to be removed then it is a perfectly reasonable request by us to say that creates huge problems and how are you going to solve it and what are you going to replace it with?First of all, we won´t sign up to any agreement that requires checks with the UK in terms of a permanent trading relationship linked to Brexit. The response to a no-deal Brexit will be checks somewhere. I don´t think they will be near the border. 5.44pm BST It is not all bad new for Boris Johnson at the moment. According to some new polling from YouGov, his favourability ratings are slightly higher than they were when be became prime minister. Rather, he is slightly less unpopular, because his net score is still negative. Continue reading...