Parliament suspension ruled unlawful amid calls for Boris Johnson to resign

Judiciary dragged into the political war as Government loses case in Scotland

Joanna Cherry
SNP MP Joanna Cherry stands alongside anti-Brexit protesters outside the Court Of Session in Edinburgh
(Image credit: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images)

The suspension of Parliament has been ruled unlawful by Scotland’s highest civil court.

MPs were sent home in the early hours of Tuesday morning after Boris Johnson decided to prorogue Parliament until 14 October, the longest such shutdown since the Second World War. The prime minister has been accused of trying to use prorogation to ensure MPs cannot prevent him from pushing through a no-deal Brexit on 31 October.

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Hollie Clemence is the UK executive editor. She joined the team in 2011 and spent six years as news editor for the site, during which time the country had three general elections, a Brexit referendum, a Covid pandemic and a new generation of British royals. Before that, she was a reporter for IHS Jane’s Police Review, and travelled the country interviewing police chiefs, politicians and rank-and-file officers, occasionally from the back of a helicopter or police van. She has a master’s in magazine journalism from City University, London, and has written for publications and websites including TheTimes.co.uk and Police Oracle.