British MPs returned to parliament on Wednesday following a momentous Supreme Court ruling that struck down Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend the house weeks before the Brexit deadline.
The judgement has hit Johnson’s authority, prompting calls for his resignation and cast further doubt on his promise to pull Britain out of the EU on October 31, come what may.
Eleven judges at the UK’s highest court unanimously deemed the five-week suspension ‘void and of no effect’ yesterday with MPs being immediately called back to their posts.
The House of Commons opened again this morning, with the prime minister expected to make a statement on the supreme court judgement this afternoon.
British PM is due to address parliament later on Wednesday over the ruling, while insisting that he would still not accept MPs’ demands to ask Brussels for an extension to the October 31 Brexit deadline, according to his Downing Street office, setting him on another collision course with lawmakers.
The speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, reconvened parliament at 11:30 am (1030 GMT) on Wednesday, with the upper House of Lords to return later in the day.
Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn called on Johnson to resign but said he would not call a no confidence vote in parliament until the possibility of a no-deal Brexit has been eliminated.