LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson closed down parliament to silence opposition to his Brexit strategy in an unlawful abuse of power, Britain's Supreme Court heard on Tuesday as the battle over Brexit reached the highest court in the land.
Richard Keen, the government's top Scottish legal adviser, told the Supreme Court of past cases where the executive had prorogued parliament to avoid scrutiny and force through its programme - which Johnson has always insisted was not his reasoning. In a sign of the unease still consuming the country, demonstrators wanting Britain to remain inside the EU traded barbs with pro-Leave rivals outside the central London court - which sits directly opposite the shuttered parliament.
In lower court decisions, the High Court in England said it was not a matter for the courts to decide upon, while Scotland's highest civil court called the suspension"unlawful". But Keen insisted that only seven sitting days had been lost rather than five weeks, as MPs are off at their party conferences.
Following the meeting in Luxembourg, he insisted there remained a"good chance" of striking a new divorce deal - if there was"movement" from the bloc.
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