Boris Johnson broke the law by suspending parliament – 27 favourite responses
Spare a thought – only kidding! – for Boris Johnson after the Supreme Court ruled that his decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful.
“The decision to advise Her Majesty to prorogue Parliament was unlawful.”
The UK’s Supreme Court rules there was “no justification” for Boris Johnson to suspend Parliament, and that his advice to the Queen was “of no effect”. pic.twitter.com/NbYs1kWjO2
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) September 24, 2019
The so-called prime minister misled the Queen when he asked for the prorogation of Parliament and now faces calls for his resignation, which would make him the shortest-serving PM ever.
Here are our favourite 27 responses so far.
1.
Brexiteers: "WE DEMAND BRITISH LAWS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE"
Supreme Court: "Ok"
Brexiteers: "Absolutely not like that stop it"— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) September 24, 2019
2.
Came to power, lost his majority live on TV, fired his hero's grandson, set the record of losing his first five votes in Parliament (breaking the previous record of four set by Boris Johnson earlier that same evening), lied to the Queen, broke the law. We're in month two.
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 24, 2019
3.
When America wakes up to see that Boris Johnson has been schooled by a judge who looks like Professor McGonagall and wears a spider brooch it’s going to freak
— Charlie Cooper (@CharlieCooper8) September 24, 2019
4.
I suppose Boris Johnson can still be Churchill if he sits on the back shelf of a car nodding his fucking empty wooden shitball failed dictator Eton wanker head and going, "Oh no no" in a Geordie accent.
— David Quantick (@quantick) September 24, 2019
5.
Boris Johnson, a summary:
Fuck business
Fuck Parliament
Fuck the truth
Fuck the law
Fuck the monarch— David Schneider (@davidschneider) September 24, 2019
6.
Boris Johnson is still in New York and may be about to go, in political terms, “full King Kong”.
— Nish Kumar (@MrNishKumar) September 24, 2019
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https://twitter.com/AngelaRayner/status/1176438036881641473
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https://twitter.com/joelycett/status/1176433110025719809?s=20
9.
“You’re gonna need a bigger tray”#SupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/lJgcmb9dfJ
— Sanjeev Kohli (@govindajeggy) September 24, 2019
10.
https://twitter.com/matthaig1/status/1176436650425180160
11.
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1176433738814820354
12.
Now imagining Lady Hale slumped happily in the fleabag pose. Fag, martini and ball dress.
— emily m (@maitlis) September 24, 2019
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