@Mike 700 re Scottish court decision:
There is a big difference between the court cases brought in England and Scotland. The one in England, which was dismissed as it was deemed to be of a political nature, and non-judicable, was argued on the length of prorogation – how many weeks in particular. How long that period of time should be is not a matter for the courts to rule on, which is why it was rightly dismissed.
The case in Scotland was argued on the reason the government requested parliament be prorogued. In this case, the government couldn’t even get someone to swear a witness statement which backed up their claims it was normal order of business. Everyone knows they prorogued parliament with the express intent of stopping the house from taking no-deal off the table, there is hard evidence of this too. The court agreed with this, specifically three high court judges unanimously agreed on this. Current speculation has it that the appeal being heard at the supreme court on Tuesday is 50/50 either way.
I do agree that it beggars belief that individuals feel the need to take the government (I won’t capitalise them, they don’t deserve the respect) t0 court. But that is not so much to do with a broken system as it is to do with a very broken government which is losing the trust of the people.
Once upon a time, John Profumo lied to parliament about having an affair. That single lie brought down the whole government. Now, Johnson, Gove, and Mogg break into a sweat if they haven’t lied three times before lunch. The law is the law, and even MP’s and PM’s must obey the rule of law. If they don’t then where exactly do we stand on anything at all?
@Brydo re your original post
Johnson is handing independence to the SNP on a plate. The Tory party will be wiped out north of the border and if we do leave the EU they will demand to be let loose to go their own way – and I don’t blame them one bit.