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| Johnson denies lying to Queen over Parliament suspension | Johnson denies lying to Queen over Parliament suspension |
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| Boris Johnson has denied lying to the Queen over the advice he gave her over the five-week suspension of Parliament. | Boris Johnson has denied lying to the Queen over the advice he gave her over the five-week suspension of Parliament. |
| The prime minister was speaking after Scotland's highest civil court ruled on Wednesday the shutdown was unlawful. | The prime minister was speaking after Scotland's highest civil court ruled on Wednesday the shutdown was unlawful. |
| Asked whether he had lied to the monarch about his reasons for the suspension, he replied: "Absolutely not." | Asked whether he had lied to the monarch about his reasons for the suspension, he replied: "Absolutely not." |
| He added: "The High Court in England plainly agrees with us, but the Supreme Court will have to decide." | He added: "The High Court in England plainly agrees with us, but the Supreme Court will have to decide." |
| The power to suspend - or prorogue - Parliament lies with the Queen, who conventionally acts on the advice of the prime minister. | |
| Labour has said it is "more important than ever" that Parliament is recalled after the government published its no-deal Brexit assessment. | Labour has said it is "more important than ever" that Parliament is recalled after the government published its no-deal Brexit assessment. |
| The Yellowhammer document - published on Wednesday after MPs forced its release - warned of food and fuel shortages in a no-deal scenario. | The Yellowhammer document - published on Wednesday after MPs forced its release - warned of food and fuel shortages in a no-deal scenario. |
| But Mr Johnson insisted the UK "will be ready" to leave the EU by the current 31 October deadline without an agreement "if we have to". | But Mr Johnson insisted the UK "will be ready" to leave the EU by the current 31 October deadline without an agreement "if we have to". |
| "What you're looking at here is just the sensible preparations - the worst-case scenario - that you'd expect any government to do," he said. | "What you're looking at here is just the sensible preparations - the worst-case scenario - that you'd expect any government to do," he said. |
| "In reality we will certainly be ready for a no-deal Brexit if we have to do it and I stress again that's not where we intend to end up." | "In reality we will certainly be ready for a no-deal Brexit if we have to do it and I stress again that's not where we intend to end up." |
| The current five-week suspension of Parliament started in the early hours of Tuesday, and MPs are not scheduled to return until 14 October. | |
| In a unanimous ruling, the Court of Session said Mr Johnson's decision to order the suspension was motivated by the "improper purpose of stymieing Parliament". | |
| Mr Johnson has suggested it was "nonsense" to suggest the move was an attempt to undermine democracy, insisting it is normal practice for a new PM. |