UK court throws out suit challenging Johnson’s bid to suspend parliament

The bid by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson to suspend the Parliament received a boost after a London High Court on Friday threw out a legal challenge against the move.

The court rejected a case brought by campaigner Gina Miller and former Prime Minister Sir John Major, seeking to block Johnson’s plan to suspend Parliament just before Britain is due to leave the European Union.

However, the court said the case could be taken to the UK Supreme Court for a final appeal.

“We have concluded that, whilst we should grant permission to apply for judicial review, the claim must be dismissed,” said Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett.

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 The development comes after Johnson declared on Thursday saying that he’d “rather be dead in a ditch” than ask the European Union to delay Brexit.

Johnson’s comment, which was said in response to a question about whether he’d ask Brussels for a delay, came during a speech at a police training centre in West Yorkshire.

The P.M. delivered his rambling and seemingly unscripted speech—which, though ostensibly meant to focus on his pledge to recruit 20,000 more officers, primarily cantered on his Brexit talking points.

 

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