Brexit shutting down parliament 'gravest abuse of power in living memory'

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Exclusive: legal advice states action to force no-deal Brexit would be open to court battle
Boris Johnson would be committing the “gravest abuse of power and attack on UK constitutional principle in living memory” if he shuts down parliament to help force through a no-deal Brexit, according to legal advice obtained by Labour.
In a six-page document prepared for Jeremy Corbyn, the shadow attorney general, Shami Chakrabarti, laid out how any such move by the prime minister would be open to immediate legal challenge in the courts. Continue reading...

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