Borris is threatening to explicitly defy the law and not ask for a Brexit extension

Cannot Her Majesty command Boris to follow the law?

Whilst clutching her handbag tightly, of course.

No, it will be up to the courts to compel him.

Oh dear!

Can't even spell Boris the correct way...

Speaking of the courts, when is the ruling on the prorogue?

r4 The hearing on the joint appeal is tomorrow.

he must think he's Trump. Who is going to last longer? Trump:Borris

[quote]All but one of the judges on the UK’s highest court will be on the bench on Tuesday when the case opens. The hearing will be livestreamed on the supreme court website.

[quote]Decision to increase number of judges from nine to 11 signifies significance of hearing.

Anyone watching the hearing on the livestream? It's great!

It's been three years since the majority voted to leave. How much more of an extension do you cunts want? You think you can keep getting extensions until you're dead? Try that shit when it comes to paying your electricity bill.

"Mother of parliaments being shut down by the father of lies" and "Don’t let this case be your Dred Scott moment". Girlfriend went THERE. 👀

Final hearing tomorrow. The government's side has been getting grilled, though I still think the court will choose not to interfere in the end. And by the way, it's crazy how much more casual the British supreme court is compared to, say, the American or the German one. You'd think it would be the other way around and there would be wigs and robes all over the place, but no.

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[quote]This is what the "Conservative" Party has become - to defy a law explicitly passed by Parliament

This is what the "Conservative" party around the world has become - the party not only willing to look the other way when laws are being broken, but to actively break them for self-serving purposes.

They can pretend they are "fiscal conservatives" or interested in "national security," but their actions tell us who they really are - and we should ALL listen to them as they do.

He needs to belay the order until after the October 31st, and then he can fulfill the law and belatedly make the request.

Now he's planning to apply emergency powers to do things this way.

Let's see how other conservatives, the opposition. Courts and media respond. So far they've been more ready to stand up for democratic procedure than in the US.

No 10 probes Remain MPs' 'foreign collusion' amid plot to allow John Bercow to send 'surrender letter' to Brussels asking for a delay to Brexit

Downing Street has launched a major investigation into alleged links between foreign governments and the MPs behind the 'Surrender Act' which could force Boris Johnson to delay Brexit, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Sources said No 10 took the unprecedented action after officials received intelligence that the MPs, including former Cabinet Minister Oliver Letwin, had received help drafting the Bill from members of the French Government and the European Union.

This newspaper has also learned that the rebel MPs have drawn up plans for a second Act which would allow Commons Speaker John Bercow to bypass the Prime Minister if he cannot strike a deal to leave the EU on October 31.

The new law would allow Mr Bercow to personally ask Brussels for a further delay on behalf of the Commons.

Last night, a senior No 10 source said: 'The Government is working on extensive investigations into Dominic Grieve, Oliver Letwin and Hilary Benn [who tabled the Bill] and their involvement with foreign powers and the funding of their activities. Governments have proper rules for drafting legislation, but nobody knows what organisations are pulling these strings.

'We will demand the disclosure of all details of their personal communications with other states. The drafting of primary legislation in collusion with foreign powers must be fully investigated.'

This is the UK equivalent of "Her E-Mails!".

If push comes to shove, Boris might yet be brought down by a vote of no confidence. The opposition is in constant talks trying to see if the numbers will stack up to produce a temporary government of national unity. That one will take a no deal off the table once and for all, secure another extension from Brussels (Brussels will not refuse) and then call a general election.

The sticking point remains having Jeremy Corbyn as a provisional. Prime Minister. Too many of those who would vote for the above have a serious issue with him, not least those who recently left the Labour Party ostensibly because of his leadership. The LibDem leader is also not very keen.

No confidence next Wednesday I read somewhere.

Labour antisemitism is a feature of the party's DNA.

A Jewish Labour MP and critic of Jeremy Corbyn is facing a battle to keep her Parliamentary seat after party members loyal to the leader moved to oust her.

Dame Margaret Hodge faces a re-selection battle in Barking, which she has held for 25 years, after Corbynistas triggered a ballot.

Dame Margaret - who has repeatedly challenged Mr Corbyn over anti-Semitism, is the second Labour MP to be 'triggered' through the party's new ballot procedures which make it easier for local members to force a contest.

The veteran MP, 75, said she was 'disappointed' by the result but would fight to keep her Barking seat.

Mike Katz, chairman of the Jewish Labour Movement, called the trigger ballot vote a 'shameful moment' for the party.

'Margaret Hodge has been a steadfast campaigner against racism, fascism and intolerance throughout her political life,' he said.

SNP is with Labour so who knows a nonconfidence may go through.

R20, SNP is not nearly enough. Labour needs the LibDems, the ex-Tories and other malcontents and goodly portion of the Independents to sink Johnson. There are also a number of Labour MPs who are strongly pro-Brexit and may yet vote against their own party to ensure that Brexit does happen.

All this talk of 'surrender' is nauseating.

It's a fucking trade agreement not a war.

r22, he meant it in the sense of giving up on trying to get a better deal, not surrendering in a war.

The EU is a lot more than just a trade agreement, hence the referendum. The language used is deliberate. The strategy is now to pitch Parliament against 'the people'/democracy. It is straight out of the same book used to great effect by Hitler and Stalin.

Which side is Hitler, Remain or Leave?

Leave, obviously, r25. Make Britain Great Again, and let's get to work on "re-integrating" the Empire that we so foolishly gave up last century!

No R23 he doesn't. The right-wing are using 'surrender' as if they're in a war.

The Prime Minister is to outline his alternative to the Irish backstop as early as today, with the legal document expected to be sent off to EU leaders tomorrow, who will be crucial to the next stage of negotiations).

As part of any new agreement, Mr Johnson is understood to require a pledge that the other 27 EU member states will not permit another delay to the UK's withdrawal. His plan is to force Parliament into a binary decision, either to accept his new deal or allow Britain to crash out with No Deal on October 31.

If it goes through, Mr Johnson will have cancelled out the Benn act - his hated 'surrender bill' - which was drawn up to prevent No Deal exit.

Whitehall is acting as if Ireland doesn't have say. Typical English behavior.

The EU 27 will not give BoJo any pledge to refuse another Brexit postponement -- they don't want a no-deal Brexit, as they have proved with each prolongation.

And they sure as hell won't give him any pledges based on that cockamamie NK-style Irish border "solution".

Hey Boris.... Get an extension.

R28, If that is Cumming's next grand plan then it will come to naught. The EU will not give any such pledge nor is it required to. The EU has steadfastly refused to get involved in the internal machinations of Parliament and the circus show over the last three years is more than enough reason for the 27 to keep well away. It is up to Johnson to piss or get off the pot. Unfortunately for him, Parliament requires him to micturate.