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"I don't think this was the right decision." "I have the utmost respect for our judiciary," he said, adding: "I think that the prerogative of prorogation has been used for centuries without this kind of challenge."
"As the law currently stands, the UK leaves the EU on October 31 come what may," Johnson told reporters, and added that securing an exit deal with the bloc before that deadline "is not made much easier by this kind of stuff in parliament or in the courts."
Addressing reporters in the wake of the unanimous ruling, Bercow said he had instructed House authorities to prepare not for the recall of parliament, because the prorogation was unlawful and void, but for "the resumption of the business of the House of Commons."Corbyn is urging Johnson to "consider his position" and step down. Political journalist and broadcaster Adel Darwish told RT that in his view, the Court's decision was an act of "constitutional vandalism":
Bercow said he welcomed the court judgment finding prorogation "unlawful because it prevented or frustrated parliament in the discharge of its core duties," he said. "The citizens of the UK are entitled to expect that parliament... is in a position to scrutinize the executive, to hold ministers to account, and to legislate if it chooses."
Darwish insists that the Supreme Court getting involved in what he sees as a "political" issue should never have happened, but that once you create an institution like this "it will cling to any straw of power."It's a very serious precedent. It's a constitutional way... of overseeing the destruction of British democracy because this is not a law ruling.All the main UK opposition parties have called for Johnson to step down.
"The political will is there now on both sides to do the deal by July. It's a great win for us, and Trump is also really keen to shout about it in the States. There is also a recognition on both sides of the Atlantic that it must be done by then because the US election cycle starts soon afterwards."Earlier, the British PM and the US President had planned on setting out a full timetable for the deal's negotiation on Tuesday, but that has now been delayed, according to The Sun, at least until Trump's next visit to London in December for a NATO summit.

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