Undersecretary for labor affairs. Minister ime british Prime Minister Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament is being challenged. Gina miller says the Prime Minister went beyond his authority or suspending parliament until mid october, two weeks before the u. K. Is scheduled to leave the eu. Attorneys in the case presented closing statements to the u. K. Supreme court in the case miller versus the Prime Minister. Milady, milord. Issue was nonjustifiable because of what was political. It was political for two reasons. One was that it trespassed on the proper province of the executive and the other was the lack of judicial or manageable standard. Be charm. T could i paraphrase, of course, from case. Inion in another much reference has been made to constitutional principle. Constitutional principle may embrace legal rules, but it may also embrace convention. Convention that is not amenable to enforcement in a court of law , and an example of that was reference tor 1 in the conventi
What you are saying but others will say all of this is such a great area because of our unwritten constitution. We dont know exactly where we do stand and its a question of balance of powers between parliament and the government and the courts, but it shouldnt be this unpredictable in a sense. I agree it shouldnt be unpredictable and it wasnt unpredictable. The law does not permit judicial unpredictable. The law does not permitjudicial review of the prerogative to Prorogue Parliament. It is subject to political control. That leaves space for a serious political controversy, a disagreement between mps and the Prime Minister and eventually there has two. We will have to leave it there because we are back inside the Supreme Court. Lets listen to the governments representative here. Supreme court. Lets listen to the governments representative herelj paraphrase of course from the opinion of hodge in the case of her goal. Mark reference has been made to constitutional principle. Constitution
Welcome back to this bbc news special. We go back to the house of commons where british politicians have been debating and voting on whether to hold that early general election next month. This is the second time that they have voted on it. Borisjohnson, second time that they have voted on it. Boris johnson, the second time that they have voted on it. Borisjohnson, the Prime Minister, again rolling out seeking an extension from the eu, saying that he did not want a snap poll, but accepting that it was the only way to break that deadlock. The Prime Minister also accusing the opposition parties of, in his words, conniving to delay brexit, saying that they were showing preposterous cowardice. Let us go back. We listen to the speaker now. Order the ayes to the right, 293, the noes to the left, 246. The ayes to the right, 293, the noes to the left, 46. The ayes have it. By way of explanation, for those who observe oui explanation, for those who observe our proceedings and the nods suggest t
Thats it for me breakfast is coming up at 6. But now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. And it was a week that was remarkably brexit heavy, and we havent had one of those for ages. The chancellor started it. Preparing for no deal is not the same as avoiding the effects of no deal. Jeremy corbyn and theresa may picked up the baton. The best thing to do would be to go back to the people, and let them decide which way we go labour wants to block brexit, and that would be a betrayal of the many by the few also on the programme. The go to guide for parliament goes online, forfree. But first, it wasnt so long ago that you couldnt get through a single parliamentary debate without brexit coming up. Little else was talked about in westminster. But since the deadline was extended until the end of october, its gone a bit quiet. But all that changed this week. The two conservative leadership candidates were responsible by both saying they were willing
North east scotland. It has been a bright start, low 2a high teens. There will be an area of cloud running down to eastern england, may be some toward South West England and increasing in Northern Ireland. For many it will be clear. Where you are, especially in the countryside, single figures and may be close to freezing in part of eastern scotland. Turning wetter in Northern Ireland through the day, increasing cloud in the west and isolated showers possible elsewhere. Despite increasing cloud, it will stay fine and temperatures in the high teens oi and temperatures in the high teens or low 20s. That is pretty much where they will be through much of this week. But it is going to be a decidedly mixed week. Some rain at times, occasionalsunshine, decidedly mixed week. Some rain at times, occasional sunshine, too. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Leaked emails from the British Ambassador to washington have described president Trumps Administration as inept, insecure and incompetent