One of the people I interviewed for my forthcoming book on Brexit and the border said something startling: he maintained that the establishment in England were in favour of Brexit. When you hear bumptious Boris or look at lolling Rees-Mogg, it’s hard to believe that. But maybe when Britain’s Supreme Court delivers its verdict early this week on Johnson’s prorogation, we’ll have a better idea.
At first it seemed a foregone conclusion: with their country an almighty mess, the judges were surely not going to add to that by finding that the prime minister had broken the law. On the other hand, the Scottish Appeal Court, chaired by Lord Carloway, Scotland’s most senior judge, had already found the blond one guilty; for the London court now to contradict them would pour petrol on the anti-Westminster anger seething in Scotland these days.
But whisht! What are the pundits saying now? Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse? There now are a number of clear indications that the Supreme Court in London will also say that Boris acted unlawfully by proroguing Parliament. In other words, they’d echo what the Scottish judges had already ruled: that Johnson had broken the law.
If that happens, we may batten down the hatches. The UK was before this in what looked suspiciously like its death throes. This latest ruling could well be the coup de grace. Then we’ll have to stop referring to the UK and refer instead to the DiKRIP – the Disunited Kingdom Rest In Peace.
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