Scotland went a courting, they did rule…

I know, I know, I said no more politics for a while.  But no-one saw this coming…

One of the things I forgot to mention in my last entry was the court case.  Today, the High Court in Scotland ruled on the appeal against the decision that the prorogation of Parliament was legal.  The reason I forgot about it is because it was widely expected that the High Court would rule against the appeal.  It would then be appealed the the Supreme Court, where it would be combined with the case from England and the one in Wales.

At 10am, the ruling came back.  The High Court ruled that the prorogation of Parliament was illegal on the basis that the Government lied to the Queen for the reason for proroguing.

Not sure if this is  more cat meet pigeon or excrement meet fan.

The Government has, as expected, appealed the decision to the Supreme Court and the three cases will be heard next Tuesday.

Beyond that, no-one seems to know what’s happening.  The opposition parties have been saying that Parliament should be reconvened immediately on the basis that it should never have been suspended to begin with.  The Tories are saying nothing has actually changed until the Supreme Court rules.

Meanwhile, Boris Johnson has added another first to his list.  He’s the first Prime Minister to have a court say has lied to a monarch.

Oh, and today was the release of the prorogation and Operation Yellowhammer documents as demanded by the Humble Address Parliament voted for on Monday.

The prorogation documents didn’t appear as the Government did’t think it was fair they were requested.

Now, I’ve just realised that I haven’t actually explained what Operation Yellowhammer is.  It’s the Government assessment for how bad No Deal will be.

Now we did get something.  5 pages, outlining how bad things were going to be.  This is in no way what was actually asked for.  Not only that, but a journalist to whom Operation Yellowhammer was originally leaked has said the title has changed from being the base line prediction to being worst case.

So, the shitshow from that is coming when Parliament returns.  Whenever that happens to be.

Will