Judges ruled Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament unlawful – 17 favourite responses
Just when Boris Johnson thought his so-called premiership couldn’t get any worse, Scottish judges ruled that his controversial suspension of parliament was unlawful.
Lawyers acting for 75 opposition MPs and peers argued Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament was illegal and in breach of the constitution because it was designed to stifle parliamentary debate and action on Brexit.
"They're calling for Parliament to be recalled"
The BBC's Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon describes reaction from MPs and peers after Scotland's highest civil court rules Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament is unlawfulhttps://t.co/0ZEkwGEClV pic.twitter.com/iTqBAkkIRH
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 11, 2019
Overturning an earlier ruling, the judges’ verdict will now be subject to a government appeal. While we wait for that, here are all our favourite responses so far.
1.
Good morning Boris Johnson. Your shit has officially hit the fan. https://t.co/WuKPdVmoW2
— Jonathan Lis (@jonlis1) September 11, 2019
2.
Girly swots/big girls' blouses 7
Boris Johnson 0
— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) September 11, 2019
3.
Boris Johnson prorogued parliament to get no deal, lost his majority live on TV, lost his first five votes (breaking the record for any PM he set himself at four), lost vote against no deal and now it turns out proroguing probably isn't legal anyway. A master tactician.
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 11, 2019
4.
Remember when everyone said Boris Johnson’s ridiculous bumbling personality was this huge piece of performance art and he was actually a political genius, lmao how’s that going for you
— Abby Tomlinson (@twcuddleston) September 11, 2019
5.
Boris Johnson. 'One of life's winners'.
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) September 11, 2019
6.
The adult babies takeover is off
Goodbye https://t.co/VOPResOVRW— Tom Usher (@tom_usher_) September 11, 2019
7.
He is going to end up in prison anyway. Shall we make it sooner rather than later? https://t.co/kp36mF4DXU
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) September 11, 2019
8.
"One is going to fuck you up" pic.twitter.com/Ar1E2jNY7a
— Robin Flavell (@RobinFlavell) September 11, 2019