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Live tweeting from the hearing in the @joannaccherry case on prorogation of Parliament. An interesting detail..."heavily redacted" papers lodged by the UK government 🤐
Another set of live tweets from the @joannaccherry prorogation of Parliament hearing. Allegations of UK government making false statements about its prorogation plans...
Shocked, shocked to think that the government's official line about prorogation of Parliament might be dishonest
"Handwritten note made by the Prime Minister in support of shutting down Parliament" at a time when courts and the press were told the opposite
This is what Johnson thinks of parliamentary scrutiny of the executive, in his own words
Johnson's note did not use these exact words, but this is a fair summary.
Hearing in @joannaccherry case has resumed. Govt is putting its argument. This addresses one point that keeps being asked: whether prorogation is consistent with recent NI Act.
@joannaccherry Mmm. Lady Hale's judgment says that there are some cases where govt advice is justiciable and some where it isn't (paras 57 and 58): supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uks… - the issue is what side of the line prorogation is on:
@joannaccherry Judgment in the @joannaccherry case on prorogation might be coming as early as tomorrow:
Remember two other challenges are pending (Miller II and McCord) - hearings later this week.
Remember two other challenges are pending (Miller II and McCord) - hearings later this week.
