Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team Scotland’s highest court rules prorogation of Parliament ‘unlawful’… Scotland’s highest court on Wednesday ruled that Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament was unlawful but stopped short of ordering the recall of MPs ahead of a UK Supreme Court hearing on the issue next week. In a ruling that sent shockwaves through political and legal circles, Edinburgh’s Court of Session said that Mr Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament ahead of Brexit was “motivated by the improper purpose of stymying parliament”. The Scottish ruling contrasted with a decision by the High Court in London last week, which was released in full on Wednesday, that the suspension of parliament was “inherently political” and so could not be reviewed by the courts. Both Scottish and English rulings and another case brought in Belfast will be considered by the Supreme Court for three days next week. – FT (£) …after MPs used a 300-year-old Scottish law to bring their case… The MPs who asked a Scottish court to overturn the prorogation of Parliament took on Boris Johnson using a 300 year old law brought in at the time of William of Orange, dubbed the “Scottish Magna Carta”. A band of 76 MPs, Lords and lawyers won an appeal yesterday in Scotland’s Inner Court of Session in Edinburgh, using a case based partly on the Claim of Right Act, passed by the Scottish Parliament in 1689. The law enabled the Scots to forfeit James VII as their king and establish their sovereign right to choose a Government. It now forms a key part of the Scottish constitution and was used by MPs’ lawyers to argue that prorogation is unconstitutional, the Telegraph understands. – Telegraph (£) …with Downing Street criticised for calling into question the impartiality of the Scottish judges… Downing Street has been criticised for calling into question the impartiality of Scottish judges. Nicola Sturgeon was one of the first to hit back at accusations made by a No 10 source that Scottish judges were politically biased after Scotland’s highest court ruled that Boris Johnson’s advice to the Queen on prorogation had been unlawful. She called it “pitiful, pathetic and desperate” from no 10. Tommy Sheppard, the SNP MP, who was one of the MPs who brought the legal action against the Prime Minister, warned it was “dictatorial and dangerous for the Prime Minister or his office to be questioning the integrity and independence of the Scottish courts, just because he doesn’t like what they’ve ruled”. – Telegraph (£) …while a Cabinet minister says the public see the courts as ‘biased’ with judges ‘interfering in politics’ A cabinet minister has raised accusations of “bias” against the judiciary after a Scottish court ruled Boris Johnson had misled the Queen when he “unlawfully” prorogued Parliament. Three judges accused the Prime Minister of suspending the Commons for the “improper purpose of stymying Parliament” over his Brexit plans and said last Monday’s prorogation was “null and of no effect”. But Kwasi Kwarteng, the business minister, said that voters were “beginning to question the partiality of the judges” and accusing them of “interfering in politics”. It came after a Number 10 source had suggesting that 78 opposition MPs and peers had chosen to fight the case in Scotland rather than England “for a reason”, which was interpreted as an allegation of bias. – Telegraph (£) > WATCH: Kwasi Kwarteng on the Andrew Neil Show discussing Brexit & the Brexit Party MPs protest in Parliament after the court judgment… A group of MPs who previously signed the Church House Declaration – a plan to sit elsewhere should Parliament be shut down – gathered outside the Palace of Westminster to show their support for the court ruling. After telling reporters outside Parliament they would find ways to hold the government to account, the group, which included Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson, returned to the Commons chamber to continue the protest. The government said it is “disappointed” by the court ruling and will appeal the ruling at the Supreme Court, adding proroguing Parliament was “legal and necessary”. No formal order will come before Tuesday, when the Supreme Court will hear the case. – ITV News …but the Government will appeal in the UK Supreme Court next Tuesday Boris Johnson has promised to recall parliament if the UK’s top court upholds an explosive ruling in Scotland that his five-week shutdown is unlawful. Downing Street was forced to make the pledge after outrage among Conservatives when an unnamed official in No 10 cast doubt on the impartiality of Scottish judges. A constitutional crisis sparked by the prorogation of parliament will now come to a head in the Supreme Court on Tuesday after diametrically opposed rulings from judges in England and Scotland. This week parliament was prorogued for five weeks, the longest such shutdown since the Second World War. The government insists this is to prepare for “an ambitious programme of domestic legislation” but opposition MPs say it was a ruse designed to stop them from preventing the government leaving the European Union without a deal on October 31. – The Times (£) Meanwhile, the High Court ruled yesterday that Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue Parliament was ‘political’ and ‘not a matter for the courts’ Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks “is not a matter for the courts”, the High Court has ruled. Giving their reasons for rejecting the case brought by businesswoman Gina Miller, leading judges said the decision to prorogue Parliament was “purely political” and therefore not capable of challenge in the courts. Ms Miller’s claim – which was supported by former prime minister Sir John Major, shadow attorney general Baroness Chakrabarti and the Scottish and Welsh governments – was dismissed last Friday… In their judgement, Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, Master of the Rolls Sir Terence Etherton and President of the Queen’s Bench Division Dame Victoria Sharp said: “We concluded that the decision of the Prime Minister was not justiciable (capable of challenge). It is not a matter for the courts.” They added: “The Prime Minister’s decision that Parliament should be prorogued at the time and for the duration chosen and the advice given to Her Majesty to do so in the present case were political. They were inherently political in nature and there are no legal standards against which to judge their legitimacy.” – Evening Standard Government publishes summary of Operation Yellowhammer ‘worst case scenario’ of a no-deal Brexit… Boris Johnson has faced renewed pressure to recall Parliament after the Prime Minister was forced to publish its “worst case scenario” plan for a no deal Brexit, codenamed Operation Yellowhammer. The opposition seized on the release of Operation Yellowhammer assessments of the impact of leaving the EU without an agreement to insist MPs return to Westminster. However, the document, which was released following a vote in Parliament that demanded its publication, is already almost six weeks out of date, meaning it does not take into account Mr Johnson’s ramped up no deal planning in that time. While releasing analysis on impacts of no deal, the Government refused to comply with a similar Commons demand to make public personal messages from special advisers regarding the controversial five week prorogation of Parliament. – Telegraph (£) …which Michael Gove emphasises is already out of date due to additional work undertaken by the Johnson Government… Riots on the streets, food price rises and reduced medical supplies are real risks of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, a government document has said. Ministers have published details of their Yellowhammer contingency plan, after MPs voted to force its release. It outlines a series of “reasonable worst case assumptions” for the impact of a no-deal Brexit on 31 October. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the paper confirmed the PM “is prepared to punish those who can least afford it”. Michael Gove, one of Boris Johnson’s senior cabinet colleagues who has been given responsibility for no-deal planning, said “revised assumptions” will be published “in due course alongside a document outlining the mitigations the government has put in place and intends to put in place”. However, ministers have blocked the release of communications between No 10 aides about Parliament’s suspension. – BBC News …while Nigel Farage dismisses the papers as ‘utter tosh’ Nigel Farage has dismissed the published government no-deal Brexit contingency plan as “utter tosh”. The Brexit Party leader told ITV’s Peston show the Operation Yellowhammer papers, which were released to the public on Wednesday night, were “Project Fear mark II” and should be “totally disregarded”. The papers show the impact a no-deal Brexit could have on the country and include details of major hold-ups at channel ports, electricity price increases, shortages of some foods and delays to medicine imports. But Mr Farage told ITV News political editor Robert Peston: “Unlike these civil servants sitting in Whitehall, I I spent 20 years in international trade buying and selling goods and shipping them all over the world. The idea, given that there are over a 100 active ports in the United Kingdom, that even if there was a problem at Dover, they’d been foot shortages is complete and utter rubbish. It’s Project Fear mark II. It should be utterly, completely, totally disregarded.” – ITV News Government ignores order to release advisers’ private messages about prorogation Boris Johnson’s government is facing further accusations of ignoring parliament and the prospect of a fresh legal battle after ignoring a House of Commons motion calling for key Brexit documents to be made public. Ministers rejected MPs’ demand that they release in full a series of no-deal Brexit impact assessments prepared for the cabinet, along with details of internal discussions about Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament. Both were included in a motion passed by made by the House of Commons on Monday in the form of a “humble address” to the Queen, which asked the monarch to order to government to release the files by 11pm on Wednesday. Instead, the government published only a six-page summary of a “Operation Yellowhammer” assessment of the risks posed by a no-deal Brexit and refused to release any emails or messages between senior government advisers relating to the suspension of Parliament. – Independent Boris Johnson blocks key memos on shutting Commons – The Times (£) Boris Johnson rules out Northern Ireland only backstop after Irish EU Commissioner says the chances of a deal are rising… Boris Johnson has ruled out a Northern Ireland only backstop after an Irish EU chief said chances of a Brexit deal are rising. Bo-Jo told a People’s PMQ’s session that he “would not accept” any form of backstop in talks with the bloc because it “simply doesn’t work for the UK”. The backstop, the most controversial element of Theresa May’s deal, has been a constant stumbling block in Brexit negotiations. But the PM was handed a boost this week when Phil Hogan, a nominee for EU trade commissioner, said the “penny had dropped” after he suggested an “all-Ireland” farming market after our divorce from the bloc. He later told RTE: “I also note that the British prime minister has moved away from his position…where he’s now prepared to look at divergence of certain rules and regulations on the island of ireland vis-a-vis the United Kingdom. – The Sun …although the EU fears being ‘led up the garden path’ by Johnson on Brexit talks… Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotiators received a sceptical welcome in Brussels on Wednesday during their latest trip to the EU capital to try to rewrite the Irish backstop. There is growing frustration in the European Commission’s Berlaymont headquarters over a lack of concrete proposals coming from London, despite claims from the UK government that talks have been “intensified”. EU officials are alert to the possibility that they may be, in the words of one, being “led up the garden path” by Mr Johnson’s team for the sake of giving the Tory leader an advantage in a coming election. One theory getting a hearing in the Berlaymont is that Mr Johnson wants to keep talks frozen, with the possibility of both a deal and no deal open, because the ambiguity would suit him during an election campaign. – Independent …yet Angela Merkel declares there is hope for a Brexit deal ‘right up to the last day’… Angela Merkel has said there is still every chance of a Brexit deal being struck as British negotiators headed to Brussels for further talks. “We still have every chance of getting an orderly (Brexit) and the German government will do everything it can to make that possible – right up to the last day. But I also say we are prepared for a disorderly Brexit,” Mrs Merkel told the Bundestag. But Pedro Sanchez, the acting prime minister of Spain, said that the EU would offer no further concessions to the UK, which was headed for a no deal Brexit. David Frost, the top UK Brexit official, is travelling to Brussels on Wednesday for talks about the political declaration with EU officials. The declaration sets out the terms of the negotiations on the future trading relationship between the UK and the EU. – Telegraph (£) …and warns the UK will become an ‘economic competitor’ after Brexit The U.K. will become “an economic competitor on our own doorstep” after Brexit, Angela Merkel said Wednesday, while stressing that she believes a no-deal exit could still be avoided. The German chancellor’s warning during a parliamentary debate comes after several EU countries last week expressed concern that the U.K. could try to boost its economic advantage post Brexit by pursuing a strong deregulation push. France and other countries said they want to impose tariffs on Britain if the country weakens “its commitments to fair competition.” “After the withdrawal of Britain, we will have an economic competitor at our own doorstep, even if we want to keep close economic, foreign and security cooperation and friendly relations,” Merkel told MPs. – Politico Boris Johnson offers Tory rebels a way back into the party amidst growing upset over decision to expel them Boris Johnson tonight offered Tory rebels a way back into the party amid a growing split among Conservatives over his decision to kick them out. The Prime Minister instructed the Chief Whip to write to all MPs setting out the appeals process to restore the whip, which was described as a “ray of light” for the rebels by a senior party source. It comes amid growing signs Mr Johnson could be about to broker a Brexit deal over Northern Ireland for which he would need the maximum possible number of Tory MPs to get it through the Commons. Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, Michael Gove, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Sajid Javid, the Chancellor, have all urged the Prime Minister to offer an “olive branch” to some of the rebels. The Telegraph also understands Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Leader of the House, and Robert Buckland, the Justice Secretary, have also spoken in support of allowing some of the MPs back into the party, providing they agree that the Government must be allowed to do its business. – Telegraph (£) Tories shun Brexit Party deal with suggestion that Nigel Farage is not a ‘fit and proper person’ with whom to enter into an electoral pact Nigel Farage’s call for an election alliance with Boris Johnson appears dead in the water after a senior Conservative source described the Brexit Party leader as not ‘fit’ to be near Government. The stinging rebuke came after Mr Farage took out adverts in national newspapers calling for a “non-aggression pact” between his party and the Conservatives, claiming the dividing up of seats would lead to a substantial majority of Brexit backing MPs in Parliament. The former Ukip leader further talked up his influence in an upcoming election at an event in Westminster on Wednesday morning, claiming internal party polling showed two-thirds of Brexit backers in key constituencies would back candidates recommended by him – regardless of the who they were standing for. Yet despite insisting unofficial conversations had taken place between the two parties at “outlier” and donor level, Mr Farage’s offer of a pact was firmly rejected by the Tories. – Telegraph (£) Boris rejects Nigel Farage’s offer of election pact as Tory aides slam Brexit Party boss as ‘not fit and proper’ – The Sun Labour divisions over Brexit back in the spotlight… Labour MPs and a trade union leader have hit out at Tom Watson after a call by the party’s deputy leader for another referendum before a general election. The move has left Jeremy Corbyn and his deputy publicly supporting different policies on a second public poll. Yesterday Mr Corbyn reiterated that his party would back an election once the UK and the EU had agreed a Brexit delay and then seek to hold a referendum as the government. In a speech to the Creative Industries Federation today Mr Watson said that when parliament returns in October it should first try to stop no-deal and then try to secure a referendum. Only after that should Labour back a general election. He said that a Brexit election may “seem inevitable, but that doesn’t make it desirable”, adding: “Elections should never be single-issue campaigns.” – The Times (£) > WATCH: Tom Watson’s speech, calling for a referendum before a General Election …as Jeremy Corbyn publicly rebukes Tom Watson in latest spat… Labour’s plans for Brexit were thrown into fresh chaos on Wednesday as Tom Watson went against party policy and called for an EU referendum to be held before a general election. The intervention from the party’s deputy leader means Labour’s most senior figures – including Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry and party leader Jeremy Corbyn – have set out three different positions on Brexit in recent days. Mr Watson claimed a public vote on Brexit was the only way to break the deadlock gripping Parliament as an election might fail to solve the “chaos”. He also urged his party to “unambiguously and unequivocally back remain” in a referendum. Mr Corbyn took to the airwaves to denounce his deputy, saying the party’s policy was to win an election and then enter into Brexit negotiations with the EU. – Telegraph (£) …and reportedly decides his MPs could campaign for Leave or Remain in another Brexit referendum Dithering Jeremy Corbyn will reportedly let his MPs campaign for Remain and Leave in another referendum. The Labour leader has given up trying to unite his warring party around a single position. He has privately agreed to give his shadow cabinet a free vote, BBC’s Newsnight reported. The move means Labour will go into the next election promising to negotiate a deal which many shadow ministers will campaign to reject. Emily Thornberry, John McDonnell and Barry Gardiner have all said they will campaign against a Labour Brexit deal if there is another vote. Labour’s Brexit civil war was reignited yesterday when party deputy Tom Watson broke ranks to call for a second referendum before an election, and to demand Labour backs Remain. – The Sun UK reaches post-Brexit deal with world’s oldest customs union The five members of the Southern African Customs Union and Mozambique have reached a deal with the U.K. to govern trade between them after Brexit. The new agreement mirrors the deal between those countries and the European Union and will come into effect if the U.K. leaves the bloc on Oct. 31, South African Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel told reporters Wednesday in Cape Town. The agreement will be submitted to South Africa’s cabinet for approval and then be ratified by parliament, he said. SACU is the world’s oldest customs union and the four smaller members — Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini — derive between 30% and 40% of their government revenue from a customs-sharing pool that gains and falls on South African trade. Africa’s most-industrialized economy recorded its first quarterly trade deficit in more than a year in the three months through June, widening the current-account shortfall. – Bloomberg Asa Bennett: Forget Icarus, Nigel Farage is actually the Brexit Spartacus – leading the revolt against the EU oppressor Twitter has been set alight by Brexiteer Hunter DuBose’s piece on the Telegraph today, warning that Nigel Farage was the “Brexit Icarus” who needed to curb his ambition in his desire to keep Boris Johnson honest. If he overreached by trying to field Brexit Party candidates across the country against the Conservatives, especially in safe seats, then Mr Farage risked faced a political fate as grisly as the hubristic Greek who flew on hand-made wings too close to the Sun and crashed into the sea after they broke apart in the heat. The Brexit Party was urged to “heed” this mythological tale of vainglorious ambition ending in tears. Sadly, political tweeters showed their reluctance to read beyond the headline as they piled in with reminders that about what happened to Icarus, unwittingly proving Mr DuBose’s point, which he set out in his first paragraph. Even those who have yet to subscribe (a highly recommended move, by the way) can freely read those opening few lines. – Asa Bennett for the Telegraph (£) Claire Fox: Inside the rotten heart of the EU While the UK Parliament was being prorogued, the European Union this week officially announced a troupe of new executive appointees to oversee us all. Appointed via the offices of the incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, these eight vice-presidents are responsible for implementing the president-elect’s policy priorities, and have a huge impact on the lives of millions. And none of them can do a thing about it. Apparently, I – as an MEP – get a say on whether to endorse them, but it’s not exactly a free and fair election. There is no actual choice, for a start, just a chance to reject or query a pre-ordained list. With Britain not putting anyone forward (as we’re – allegedly – preparing to leave on October 31) and Germany denied choosing one as they already have Mrs von der Leyen, there are 26 new commissioners, each nominated by member states, and given their jobs based on “a series of formal interviews” by the president-elect. The powers that be will present them to Parliament as a dream team ticket, and we are expected to rubber stamp them before 1 November. – Claire Fox MEP for Unherd Tom Harris: Tom Watson has worked out that Labour’s fence-sitting Brexit strategy doesn’t work The more absurd a political “line to take” is, the easier it is to spot. Take yesterday, for example, when Shadow International Trade Secretary, Barry Gardiner, was interviewed on the Today programme about his party’s latest version of its Brexit policy. He was asked whether Labour would campaign for a Remain or a Leave vote in any new referendum. To which he seemed to answer: “yes”. It was a reasonable question, but Gardiner wasn’t playing ball. “I think the important thing is to campaign to bring this country together again,” he declared, as if to a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland. “It’s time now for politicians to put their own personal preferences to one side and say the most important thing now is not Remain or Leave: the most important thing is that we have a country that is united and can move forward saying we’ve had our opportunity…” – Tom Harris for the Telegraph (£) Rod Liddle: The Brexit we voted for won’t happen because of the liberal elite blocking it “We can’t leave with No Deal because Parliament won’t let us. So Boris will do last-minute agreement. But Nigel won’t like it. So Tories will go into next election without his backing. And lose to a Lib Dem-Labour-SNP coalition. Who will reject deal. There’ll be a second referendum. Which Remainers will rig . . .” Wouldn’t it be lovely to wake up one morning and not hear some deranged politician shrieking about Brexit? Remainer or Leaver. The same old issues every time. The whining. The complaining from both sides (hilariously) about a lack of democracy. The snarled fury. The endless bloody pontificating. It’s been more than three years and still nobody knows what the hell Labour’s policy is. Get a deal from Brussels and then vote against it, so far as I can discern. – Rod Liddle for The Sun Kai Weiss: Welcome to the new EU Commission – it’s as if the European elections never happened As Ursula von der Leyen, President elect of the European Commission, unveiled her new team of 27 Commissioner’s for the next five years, balance was the central mantra: balance in gender – 13 of the 27 Commissioners will be female – balance in political families, and balance geographically between East and West. The latter two accommodations are evident in her appointment of three Executive Vice Presidents (i.e. Commissioners with more power than others): Denmark’s Margrethe Vestager from Renew Europe, Latvia’s Valdis Dombrovskis from the European People’s Party (EPP), and the Dutchman Frans Timmermans from the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. – Kai Weiss for CapX Liam Halligan: No-deal Brexit will cause minimal damage — recovering from a Jeremy Corbyn Labour government will take 25 years or more As the Brexit row has raged, Project Fear economists have fallen over themselves to prophesise doom and gloom. Well, guess what? The UK economy grew by a healthy 0.3 per cent in July — way above expectations, seeing off fears of recession. Wages are booming and unemployment remains close to an all-time low. Despite the Westminster chaos, the Pound has just hit a six-week high against the euro — with the German economy, not Britain, succumbing to a slump. Since we voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, the UK economy has shown serious resilience against a constant drumbeat of media negativity. The Treasury’s pre-Referendum scaremongering — a Brexit vote would spark “an immediate and profound economic shock” — was proved laughably wrong. – Liam Halligan for The Sun Ed Curran: How a time-limited backstop could unlock the Brexit impasse Boris Johnson’s meeting in Dublin on Monday with Leo Varadkar is not before time. It is increasingly obvious that without a compromise on the backstop between the British and Irish, rubber-stamped in Brussels, this island is staring at a disaster for its economy, north and south. Once the new government in London announced it was hell-bent on leaving the European Union on October 31, minds everywhere were focused on the consequences. A no-deal Brexit, for all the assurances that Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar may offer, remains a nightmare scenario. Nowhere in Europe will be harder hit than the island of Ireland with its unique political divisions and dependency on marketing so much of its goods and services with Great Britain. The backstop must go, says Johnson. The backstop must stay, says Varadkar. If that is the sum total of Anglo-Irish relations, or rather lack of relations, then not only is the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement in jeopardy, but so too is the day-to-day livelihood of many people, nationalist and unionist alike, north and south. – Ed Curran for the Belfast Telegraph Clive Thorne: The Supreme Court would be wise to accept that prorogation is too political for judges Enoch Powell once admonished that the people should not leave to judges what they themselves can dispose of at the ballot box. The current litigation relating to the legality of the advice to the sovereign to prorogue Parliament is evidence of the wisdom of Powell’s dictum. In England, a powerful Divisional Court, including the Lord Chief Justice and Master of the Rolls, has found that the Prime Minister acted lawfully in advising the Sovereign to prorogue. In Scotland, the Inner House or appeal court has overruled the first instance decision of Lord Doherty and decided under Scots law that the advice was motivated by the improper purpose of stymying parliament and that it, and what has followed from it, is unlawful. The court ordered that the prorogation was unlawful and thus null and of no effect. The court’s reasoning has yet to be given. – Clive Thorne for the Telegraph (£) John Redwood: The government says it will respect the law Yesterday the government rightly said it would respect the law. It also hinted at a major problem with the European Withdrawal Number 2 Act recently passed by both Houses. It is by no means clear how the government could comply with it, especially given the Kinnock amendment incorporated into it. The rule of law is an important concept. It usually includes the propositions that law has to be clear, reasonable and enforceable. Statute law carries the authority of being passed by Parliament but still needs to meet these tests for the court to enforce it. Quite often the courts and Parliament have exchanges about what the law means and how it should be applied. – John Redwood’s Diary John Longworth: The Scottish court prorogation ruling shows the anti-Brexit Establishment is hard at work Many years ago, the then chief of a very major US business shared his thoughts with me in respect of the British Establishment. He said that a major problem with the UK is that it is still controlled by holders of assets, in particular land, at inflated prices and that the economy was run accordingly. As a consequence, the incentives to be enterprising and to work hard were diminished. He was particularly struck by how successful the British Establishment had been at keeping a grip on their privilege. A week after I resigned as head of the British Chambers of Commerce, in order to fight for the Leave campaign back in March 2016, I wrote for the Evening Standard a piece comparing the referendum to medieval England’s Peasants’ Revolt, I ended by saying : “But if this is a latter-day ‘peasants’ revolt’, take a lesson from the original. As Wat Tyler, the leader of the peasants, found to his cost, you cannot rely on our leaders, corporate and political, being gentlefolk of the fair-play kind. The establishment are ruthless in defence of their own interests.” – John Longworth MEP for the Telegraph (£) The Sun: Anti-democratic Remainers hope courts will do their dirty work to stop Brexit Another victory for lavishly funded, anti-democratic Remainers who couldn’t stop Brexit at the ballot box but now hope courts will do their dirty work. The Sun will not denigrate Scottish judges. But others ruled differently, there and in England, and the Supreme Court will ultimately decide if Boris Johnson suspended Parliament legitimately. We happen to believe he was entirely in the right. But why do Remain MPs want more time to sit anyway? They blew their last day endlessly licking their pet Speaker’s backside, singing and waving infantile banners. How could they afford such indulgences? Because they had already had ample time to set up their unelected pseudo-Government and pass a law making No Deal illegal. – The Sun says Brexit in Brief I thought Labour’s approach to Brexit couldn’t get any sillier. Today they proved me wrong – Michael Deacon for the Telegraph (£) Why the Scottish court ruling is more than just a political problem for Boris Johnson – Henry Hill for CapX Post-Brexit, we need real capitalism, not stealth foreign nationalisation – Allister Heath for the Telegraph (£) A big political upheaval in Parliament as MPs realign – John Redwood’s Diary Here is how Nigel Farage can avoid being the Brexit Icarus and see us fly out of the EU to freedom – Hunter DuBose for the Telegraph (£) A single Remain candidate could oust DUP’s Pengelly, says SDLP’s McDonnell as he pulls out of race for South Belfast – Belfast Telegraph