Defeat for Boris Johnson: Chief Justice declare forced break for British Parliament illegal

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It is the next bitter defeat for Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a decision that could bring the new movement into London's Brexit chaos: Britain's Supreme Court has ruled the highly contested compulsory break for Parliament in London as inadmissible. This will allow the MEPs to reunite shortly - against the will of the government.

At the request of the Prime Minister in mid-September, the Queen had closed the parliamentary session. Basically, this is a common act, such as when the government wants to set new priorities in government work. However, now is the time in the final weeks before the EU exit date of the British on 31 October extremely explosive. In addition, the break is unusually long. Johnson is therefore accused of wanting to silence the deputies with the maneuver in order to prevent them from getting in the way during Brexit.

A court in Scotland had previously declared the forced break illegal, while the High Court in London ruled that it was a purely political issue that the judiciary could not interfere with. Both sentences were now the basis for the hearing before the Supreme Court.

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