Suspension Of Parliament Ruled Unlawful.

[Bigbad]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-49661855

Not much info so far.

[THECORBYLOON]

TOGO, why have you referred to the judges in the case as "judges"? What do you consider them to be?

[Togo]

Jack Cade. And good reason; for thereby is England mained, and
fain to go with a staff, but that my puissance holds
it up. Fellow kings, I tell you that that Lord Say
hath gelded the commonwealth, and made it an eunuch:
and more than that, he can speak French; and
therefore he is a traitor.

Sir Humphrey Stafford. O gross and miserable ignorance!

Jack Cade. Nay, answer, if you can: the Frenchmen are our
enemies; go to, then, I ask but this: can he that
speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good
counsellor, or no?

All. No, no; and therefore we'll have his head.

William Stafford. Well, seeing gentle words will not prevail,
Assail them with the army of the king.

Sir Humphrey Stafford. Herald, away; and throughout every town
Proclaim them traitors that are up with Cade;
That those which fly before the battle ends
May, even in their wives' and children's sight,
Be hang'd up for example at their doors:
And you that be the king's friends, follow me.

[Exeunt WILLIAM STAFFORD and SIR HUMPHREY, and soldiers]

Jack Cade. And you that love the commons, follow me.
Now show yourselves men; 'tis for liberty.
We will not leave one lord, one gentleman:
Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon;
For they are thrifty honest men, and such
As would, but that they dare not, take our parts.

Dick the Butcher. They are all in order and march toward us

Jack Cade. But then are we in order when we are most
out of order. Come, march forward.

HenryVI Act IV end of scene 2.

[Khandro]

A £ to a pinch of do-do, that the Supreme Court will overturn this decision.

[Davemano]

A question which is being asked locally is, why the MPs and John Major in particular are up in arms against the proroguing of Parliament when in 1997 he did exactly the same in order to silence a debate

[Davemano]

^^^ cut off early
regarding MPs involvement in the cash-for-questions affair.

[jim360]

I suspect that John Major "got away with it" in 1997 because (a) it was only in relation to a relatively minor report (at least by comparison to Brexit), (b) a general election was coming up anyway, and (c) nobody thought to challenge in the courts.

We'll have to wait and see Khandro, but I wouldn't be terribly surprised if you were right and the Supreme Court did overturn it.

[vetuste_ennemi]

I'm sure that the Miller or whatever case was rejected because prerogative power was a matter of constitutional precedent, but not within legal purview, whatever the specific motives of its exercise. And therefore not judiciable.

Where's Peter Pedant when you need him?

[Zacs-Master]

Keeping well out of it if he’s any senses.

[THECORBYLOON]

Unsurprisingly, I have faith in the decisions of the three Scots judges rather than the few folk on here spouting their anti-Scots drivel.