Meanwhile, it has been reported that attorney general Geoffrey Cox had told the prime minister and the cabinet that proroguing parliament for five weeks was legal. According to Sky News, advice that was previously redacted from court papers indicates that Mr Cox said any accusation of unlawfulness was “motivated by political considerations”.Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he would “absolutely not” join calls on Mr Johnson to resign.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn brought forward his speech at his party’s conference to Tuesday afternoon in preparation for parliament’s resumption. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn addresses his party’s conference in Brighton, England, on Tuesday. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images “It would force up food prices, cause shortages of medicines and threaten peace in Northern Ireland thus destroying the great work of the Good Friday Agreement.
Liberal Democrat party leader Jo Swinson said “the court have found what we all knew all along, Boris Johnson has again proven he is not fit to be prime minister”.The SNP, Plaid Cymru and Change UK also called on Mr Johnson to resign. The SNP’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford said parliament “must remove” Boris Johnson as prime minister if he doesn’t resign.
European Parliament Brexit co-ordinator MEP Guy Verhofstadt said he never wanted to hear another Brexit supporter say the EU was undemocratic.
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