Ross Clark Ross Clark

The legal war of attrition against Brexit

Another week, another step along the road to Britain’s transformation into a kritarchy – rule by judges. Last week, the Court of Session in Edinburgh and the High Court in London both ruled that Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue Parliament for five weeks had been lawful.

But if you thought it was all over you haven’t read Bleak House.

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