> Ah but it was justified - by the need for a Queen's Speech, which hadn't happened for a very long time. The court unanimously seem to disagree with this as c

> Ah but it was justified - by the need for a Queen's Speech, which hadn't happened for a very long time. The court unanimously seem to disagree with this as counting as a justification. You can't just throw whatever justification you want out there, it has to be tested as being valid. This was one of the government's arguments: there's no test that a court can apply for whether the justification is valid or not. The problem with that is that the logical conclusion is that the government can shut down parliament indefinitely for any reason it likes. > What the Supreme Court has said here is that they don't like or believe the justification. But who are they to decide that? They're called judges. It's literally their job. > At any rate, regardless of (pointless) arguments about a non-existent constitution, the realpolitik of this is that the UK is heading straight for civil war. Spare us the hysteria. The judicial branch ruling on the legality of an action taken by the executive is literally their primary function. > Parliament refuses to let the UK leave the EU by its own deadlines, an outcome it had itself voted for. Nice bit of omission there. What you actually mean is "Parliament refuses to let the UK leave the EU without any form of trade deal". > It refuses to trigger a general election. What problem would a GE solve? We already had one in 2017. > The Speaker has given up the traditional role of political neutrality. Well, in your opinion. Many people don't share that view, and those that do conveniently seem to hold it because he's making decisions they don't like. > Many MPs have not only announced they will fight against the very policies they promised during the last election, but actually quit their parties and joined parties with opposing policies, whilst refusing to trigger a by-election so they can be judged. There's no precedent or legality for by-elections being triggered when the whip is withdrawn, resigned or the MP leaves their party. People are elected to be representatives, not party-drones. > One major political party is now openly saying if they get enough power, they will simply cancel Brexit entirely. Labour is not far behind. I'm not sure what the problem is here. Parties campaigning for things is somehow... bad now? > At all levels British democracy is in outright collapse. This is not due to actions of Leave supporters or campaigners, but rather due to coordinated efforts by people who are ideologically committed to the EU and who are willing to destroy any institution, tradition or constitutional procedure whatsoever in their efforts to do so. More hysteria. There's plenty of people who support the idea of Brexit who are aghast at the recklessness of the government. Brexit is a red-herring - this whole issue is about where power should lie and to what extent the executive can just do whatever it likes with no form of check or balance.