Boris Johnson: We shall respect UK supreme court ruling

Johnson reacts to ruling

• Supreme Court ruling is not right but we will respect it
• There is a good case for getting on with the Queen's speech
• "As the law currently stands, the UK leaves the EU on Oct 31, come what may"
• We are going to get on and deliver Brexit on Oct 31
• "Parliament has been debating Brexit for three years solidly now is the chance for us to get a deal, come out of the Eu on Oct 31 and that is what we are going to do"
• Of course parliament will come back
• Getting a deal is not made much easier by this kind of stuff in parliament or the courts

What a disastrous start for him as Prime Minister.

Parliament will now sit until 2-3 days before the Queen's Speech on Oct 14. The Conservative annual conference is next week and that might lead to a few more days off, unless parliament decides to punish Johnson & Co.