Friday, 29 Mar 2024

Jeremy Corbyn taunts PM saying he should QUIT after Brexit shock

Labour conference erupts into cheers as Supreme Court rules Boris Johnson unlawfully suspended Parliament as Jeremy Corbyn calls for him to QUIT and become the ‘shortest-serving prime minister there has ever been’

Labour’s conference erupted into cheers and chants of ‘Johnson out’ today following the unprecedented Supreme Court ruling.

A gleeful Jeremy Corbyn demanded Boris Johnson resign as he tore into the Prime Minister’s decision to shut down Parliament.

The opposition leader rushed on stage at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton this morning after the bombshell decision was made in London.

Boris Johnson was humiliated as judges ruled unanimously he illegally prorogued Parliament in an ‘extreme’ move to ‘frustrate’ debate on Brexit. 

There was widespread cheering and chanting as Mr Corbyn confirmed that the justices had ruled the five-week prorogation of Parliament was unlawful’ and that legally it had never been shut down.

He said the ruling showed Mr Johnson acted ‘wrongly in shutting down parliament’ and showed ‘a contempt for democracy and an abuse of power by him’.

To loud cheering from delegates and activists he said the ‘baton’ had been passed to Speaker John Bercow, adding: ‘I will be in touch immediately to demand Parliament is recalled so that we can question that prime minister, demand that he obeys the law that’s been passed by Parliament and recognises that our Parliament is elected by our people to hold our Government to account.’

Over the noise of a tumultuous conference hall he added: ‘I invite Boris Johnson, in the historic words, to ‘’consider his position’’ and become the shortest serving prime minister there has ever been.’ 

Boris Johnson (pictured in New York last night) was humiliated as judges ruled unanimously he illegally prorogued Parliament in an ‘extreme’ move to ‘frustrate’ debate on Brexit .

Jeremy Corbyn told the Labour conference the decision showed Mr Johnson acted wrongly in shutting down parliament’ and showed ‘a contempt for democracy and an abuse of power by him’.

To loud cheering from delegates and activists he said the ‘baton’ had been passed to Speaker John Bercow, adding: ‘I will be in touch immediately to demand parliament is recalled so that we can question that prime minister, demand that he obeys the law that’s been passed by parliament and recognises that our parliament is elected by our people to hold our government to account.’

Minutes earlier in London, senior judge Lady Hale said the Prime Minister’s decision to ask the Queen to shut down the Commons for five weeks was ‘unlawful, void and of no effect’ with John Bercow pledging to recall MPs to the Commons immediately.

The Supreme Court president said: ‘The court is bound to conclude therefore that the decision to advise Her Majesty to prorogue was unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating or preventing the ability of Parliament to carry out its constitutional functions’, adding: ‘Parliament has not been prorogued’.

And in an unprecedented attack on the PM’s motives Lady Hale said: ‘The effect upon the fundamentals of our democracy was extreme. No justification for taking action with such an extreme effect has been put before the court’ – but she refused to say if he lied.

Arch-remainer Gina Miller, who helped defeat Mr Johnson, hugged her lawyer Lord Pannick QC in the courtroom as her victory over the Brexiteer Prime Minister was confirmed. Outside in Parliament Square her supporters cheered and chanted: ‘Johnson out’.

Jeremy Corbyn has already demanded the Prime Minister’s resignation as Mr Johnson woke up 3,500 miles away from London in New York where he will meet with President Donald Trump at the United Nations later.

Mr Johnson has already vowed not to resign from No 10 if he lost the case and is found to have misled Her Majesty – and will now be considering whether he can legally defy the court and ask the Queen to prorogue Parliament again.           

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