Boris Johnson news: PM forced to return early from UN as Corbyn demands election following Supreme Court humiliation
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Your support makes all the difference.Boris Johnson is returning the UK to face urgent questions in parliament after the Supreme Court declared his government unlawfully shut it down for five weeks.
The prime minister was forced to cut short his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York to attend the House of Commons on Wednesday.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called for Mr Johnson to “consider his position” following the landmark decision, while Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson said he was “not fit” to be PM.
Speaking in New York, the prime minister said his government will “respect” the court verdict and added that “of course parliament will come back”.
Downing Street confirmed that he had spoken to the Queen by phone but refused to say whether he had apologised for advising her to prorogue parliament.
It was also reported that Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the House, had described the ruling as a “constitutional coup”.
See below for our coverage of events as they happened
Boris Johnson's speech to the UN in New York has apparently been delayed until 2am UK time, if you were planning to wait up for it.
More on that Cabinet conference call during which Jacob Rees-Mogg described the Supreme Court judgement as a "constitutional coup".
Among the statements to be made tomorrow in the Commons will be one by foreign secretary Dominic Raab on the situation in Iran.
The Supreme Court verdict was a stroke of "outrageous luck" for Jeremy Corbyn, writes political sketch writer Tom Peck.
"It’s not merely that it allowed him to take to the stage in triumph not once, but twice, at the premature end of a 72 hour rolling clusterf**k.
"There was also the fact that the untimely de-prorogation of parliament allowed him to bump Tom Watson off the conference schedule entirely."
While Boris Johnson is under pressure to resign as prime minister, his friend Donald Trump is now facing a formal impeachment investigation in the US.
Needless to say, Donald Trump has described it as a "Witch Hunt".
The Independent's digital front page tomorrow naturally focuses on the Supreme Court ruling.
This is the beginning of the end for Boris Johnson's premiership, writes Sean O'Grady.
Before the Supreme Court ruling was announced, Boris Johnson committed to launch an inquiry this year into Islamophobia and other forms of prejudice within the Tory party.
The prime minister said he would begin the investigation "very soon", after a survey suggested 56% of party members believe Islam is a threat to the British way of life.
"What [chancellor] Sajid Javid and I are going to have is an inquiry into Islamophobia that will also comprise of prejudice and discrimination of other kinds," the Mr Johnson told reporters on his flight to New York.
"And Saj was absolutely clear that is what he wanted and that is what we are going to do."
His announcement was embargoed until 10.30pm today and it is not clear whether it will be affected by recent events.
That's it for our live coverage of UK politics today after a historic decision by the Supreme Court.
We will be back with live updates on the resumption of parliament tomorrow, which is due to begin at 11.30am - although the prime minister is not scheduled to arrive on his flight from New York until midday.
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