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After Supreme Court defeat, Boris Johnson taunts Parliament
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Sep 25, 2019 08:37pm |
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| Author | William Booth and Karla Adam |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 25, 2019 10:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | LONDON — A day after a complete defeat in Britain’s Supreme Court, which ruled his decision to suspend Parliament had been “unlawful,” an unrepentant Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to Westminster on Wednesday and goaded opposition lawmakers to call a no-confidence vote or agree to a general election and bring the Brexit fight back to the people.
Facing a chamber packed with hooting and jeering lawmakers, Johnson said Britain’s highest court was “wrong to pronounce on what is essentially a political question at a time of great national controversy.”
Rather than apologize to the queen and the country, as opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn demanded, Johnson went on the offensive, saying it was anti-Brexit forces in Parliament who were working against democracy, with their cunning maneuvers designed to sabotage a departure and thwart the will of the people.
“Instead of deciding to let the voters decide, they ran to the courts,” Johnson accused. |
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