The United Kingdom Supreme Court, with the unanimous support of all Justices, declared the advice of Boris Johnson to prorogue Parliament unlawful and declared the Queen’s Order in Council proroguing Parliament to be null and void. She further said that the Speaker’s of both Houses could immediately act to bring their respective Houses back into immediate session.
Not said openly by the Justices, but clearly implied was that the Queen’s Order in Council itself was unlawful and therefore the Queen committed an unlawful act, not mitigated by the fact that she received government advice to do it.
While the Queen is essentially immune to criminal and civil actions while she remains the Sovereign, this is clearly going to do a great deal of damage to the monarchy and strengthen the hands of those who wish to strip the Queen of all remaining prerogative powers.
There is also a percentage of the UK population who think that the should be no monarchy.
However, the Supreme Court made it quite clear when the hearings were taking place that the decision has nothing to do with the merits or otherwise of Brexit.
A soldier is bound to obey the orders of his superiors. However, he is ALSO bound NOT to obey an order to commit an illegal act. No soldier can plead that he was just obeying orders.
The same with the Queen. If she receives advice to commit an illegal act, it is not a defense that she was advised to do so.
As I said I am absolutely no fan of QEII. Personally, I think her only qualification was that she was the elder sister with no brothers. However, it was not up to her to determine whether Johnson’s actions were lawful. I would love to be able to be present the next time Johnson meets QEII.
What is dangerous is the pat that Johnson and his supporters are doing is to undermine the judicial standing in the community.
From what I have seen and read the UK is deeply divided over the Brexit referendum result. It has seen the downfall of two PMs and Johnson should be the third to go.
Johnson, Rees-Mogg, Farage et al don’t care the consequences of a hard Brexit. I will also point out that Johnson voted twice against the deal to leave the EU brokered by T May.
I personally don’t thing the SC’s decision will ave any impact on the standing of QEII.
It is a 100% certainty that Boris Johnson will resign, possibly as soon as Parliament returns.
If he doesn’t, the votes exist to pass a no confidence motion, bringing him down anyway.
And most likely there will be a General Election before the end of the year, in which the Conservatives, in spite of it all, will likely end up with the most seats, primarily because the Labour Party are a bunch of hopeless ■■■■■■ bags. Their recent party conference vote to ban private schools if they come to power isn’t helping them at all.
