British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned home from a foreign trip on Wednes...
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned home from a foreign trip on Wednesday to face parliament in what is likely to be a stormy session after a humiliating Supreme Court ruling that he had unlawfully suspended the assembly.
The chamber remains deadlocked over the Brexit issue, with Johnson intent on leading Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31, with or without an exit agreement while most lawmakers are determined to block a no-deal scenario. Before the suspension, parliament had passed a law requiring Johnson to ask the EU to push back the deadline if no exit deal was agreed by Oct. 19. Corbyn said he and other opposition legislators would focus on ensuring that Johnson abided by that law.
However, EU negotiators say he has made no new proposals capable of breaking the deadlock over the issue of how to manage the border between Ireland, an EU member, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, after Brexit.Reactions to the Supreme Court’s blistering ruling showed that divisions were deeper than ever.
At the other end of the spectrum, the Brexit-supporting Sun newspaper denounced the Supreme Court ruling as a “perilous coup by political judges”. Johnson himself was combative after the ruling, saying in New York that he strongly disagreed with it and complaining that that too many people were trying to thwart Brexit against the will of the people.
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