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Johnson calls Parliament "paralyzed," accuses opposition for ignoring people's wish and sabotages Brexit (WATCH LIVE) Boris Johnson calls Parliament 'paralyzed,' accuses opposition of ignoring people's wish and sabotaging Brexit (WATCH LIVE)
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Boris Johnson addresses British MPs in the House of Commons on Wednesday following the UK Supreme Court's ruling that the prime minister's proroguing (suspension) of parliament was unlawful. The issue of Brexit is sure to dominate UK PM Boris Johnson said he believes the Supreme Court was “wrong” to rule his decision to prorogue a “paralyzed parliament” and accused the opposition of “sabotaging” Brexit, as shouts and boos rocked the House of Commons.
The UK prime minister returns from a UN Climate Action Summit in New York to update lawmakers on his stateside trip and Brexit negotiations. The issue of the UK's highest court concluding on Tuesday that Johnson's advice to Her Majesty the Queen concerning the suspension of parliament as "unlawful," is sure to arise. In a raucous statement to the Commons on Wednesday, a day after the UK’s highest court ruled his suspension of parliament “unlawful, void and of no effect,” Johnson spent minutes haranguing the opposition before addressing the court decision.
Johnson slammed opposition politicians for “three years of dither and delay” and said they wanted the country to be “locked forever in the orbit of the EU.” The PM reiterated that he wanted to strike a deal with Brussels before the October 31 deadline, but that he was willing to leave “without [a deal] if necessary.”
His speech was interrupted repeatedly by disapproving shouts from the opposition, prompting the Speaker John Bercow to lash out at MPs for scandalizing the hearing and not thinking how the Parliament is perceived by people watching the session.
Responding to Corbyn, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn slammed Johnson’s speech “ten minutes of bluster” from a “dangerous” PM who “thinks he is above the law” but is “not fit” to hold office. Corbn said the verdict represents an “extraordinary and precarious moment” in history.
Johnson accused anti-Brexit MPs of “running to the courts” to “block and delay” Brexit and said Corbyn and his party “do not trust the people.”
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