Parliament is back following the Supreme Court's historic ruling
that Boris Johnson's proroguement of Westminster
was unlawful.
Peers and MPs returned today to debate lots
of different things.
In the House of Commons this morning, the mood
was very testy.
The most striking moments so far have
been from Geoffrey Cox, the attorney-general.
He was hauled up to the despatch box
to explain why he told the prime minister proroguement was
lawful when the Supreme Court said otherwise.
This parliament is a dead parliament.
It should no longer sit.
Twice they have been asked to let the electorate decide upon
whether they should continue to sit in their seats,
while they block 17.4m people's votes.
This parliament is a disgrace.
The main supporting MPs who opposed the proroguement made
their views known, and called on the prime minister
once again to resign.
No shame today.
No shame at all.
The fact that this government cynically manipulated
a prorogation to shut down this House
so that it couldn't work as a democratic assembly.
He knows that that is the truth.
And to come here with his barrister's bluster
to obfuscate the truth, and for a man like him,
a party like this, and a leader like this, this prime minister,
to talk about morals and morality is a disgrace.
In recent weeks, the prime minister
has tried to call a general election twice.
But he's failed to find that crucial two-thirds
majority of MPs that are required
through the fixed-term parliament at legislation.
The government might now look to a different way
of getting an election.
They could pass a single line bill, a piece of legislation
that forces an election on a particular date.
That's something Mr Cox has talked about,
and the prime minister might want
to bring about in the next couple of days.
If he does have that, then Britain
will be heading to the polls once again
to try and bring a solution to the Brexit crisis.
It could be support for Boris Johnson and his approach
for deal or no deal on October 31, or it could be Labour,
who have now rallied fully behind a second referendum
at their recent party conference.
Either way, the exchanges in Westminster
aren't going to get any quieter.
It's clear MPs are in a mood for a fight,
and the government is fighting back.