If Boris Johnson resigns, he will be the shortest ever serving Prime Minister of Britain
Jeremy Corbyn has launched a blistering attack onJust moments after the Supreme Court made the historic decision, the Labour leader called on the Prime Minister to ‘consider his position’. He said Mr Johnson would become ‘the shortest-serving prime minister there has ever been’ if he resigned in disgrace.
A total of 11 judges at the Supreme Court in London ruled that the Prime Minister should not have asked the Queen to prorogue parliament until 14 October. The justices were asked to determine whether the PM’s advice to the Queen was ‘justiciable’ – capable of challenge in the courts – and, if so, whether it was lawful. They unanimously agreed the advice was justiciable. They also unanimously agreed that the prorogue was unlawful. Speaking on stage at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, Mr Corbyn said the ruling shows Mr Johnson’s ‘contempt for democracy’.supports HTML5 video Mr Corbyn said Mr Johnson would become ‘the shortest-serving prime minister there has ever been’ if he resigned He said: ‘I will be in touch immediately to demand that Parliament is recalled so that we can question that prime minister, demand that he obeys the law that has been passed by Parliament and recognise that our Parliament is elected by our people to hold our Government to account.‘And I invite Boris Johnson in the historic words to consider his position.’ He added: ‘So, obey the law, take no-deal off the table and have an election to elect a government that respects democracy, that respects the rule of law and brings power back to the people, not usurps it in the way that Boris Johnson has done.’He said: ‘I welcome the Supreme Court’s judgement that the prorogation of Parliament was unlawful. ‘The judges have rejected the Government’s claim that closing down Parliament for five weeks was merely standard practice to allow for a new Queen’s Speech.supports HTML5 video ‘In reaching their conclusion, they have vindicated the right and duty of Parliament to meet at this crucial time to scrutinise the executive and hold Ministers to account. ‘As the embodiment of our Parliamentary democracy, the House of Commons must convene without delay. To this end, I will now consult the party leaders as a matter of urgency.’Mr Johnson, who will be told the court’s decision in New York where he is attending a UN climate summit, had been accused of an unlawful ‘abuse of power’ and of ‘misleading’ the Queen.Mr Johnson was asked whether he was nervous about the Supreme Court judgment in an interview in New York and replied: ‘It takes a lot to make me nervous these days.‘All I can tell you is that I have the highest regard for the judiciary in this country, I will look at the ruling with care.’ He was asked whether he would resign if the Government lost and said: ‘I will wait and see what the justices decide, the Supreme Court decides, because as I’ve said before I believe that the reasons for wanting a Queen’s speech were very good indeed.’ Asked whether he would rule out proroguing parliament again before the current 31 October Brexit deadline, the PM replied: ‘I’m saying that Parliament will have bags of time to scrutinise the deal that I hope we will be able to do.’ In her ruling, Lady Hale told the court: ‘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. Boris Johnson’s visit to New York will now seem spectacularly ill-timed and could be cut short following the Supreme Court’s ruling ‘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.‘This is the unanimous judgment of all 11 Justices.’ She added: ‘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.’
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