BBCNEWS BBC Newsroom Live July 14, 2024
Iam not i am not asking this court to say whether the Prime Ministers assessment is correct or incorrect. The relevance is that they are strong evidence to be added to the material referred to by the inner house as to the Prime Ministers motive in trying to close parliament for five weeks during this negotiating period. The other point i want to make on the facts is that it is, we say, a remarkable feature of these proceedings that the Prime Minister has not made a witness statement explaining why he decided to advise her majesty to Prorogue Parliament for a period as long as five weeks. And t...