British MPs return to work Wednesday (September 25th) the day after the historic Supreme Court ruling found Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament in the run-up to Brexit "illegal". This bitter setback dealt a serious blow to the prime minister's authority and triggered numerous calls for his resignation.

Boris Johnson returns from his side of a trip to New York for the United Nations General Assembly where he gave Tuesday evening a discourse on artificial intelligence and technological advances.

For James André, international columnist at France 24, "it's Boris Johnson in great difficulty" who appeared on the UN platform: "He made only one reference to Brexit, it was speaking of the myth of Prometheus, he finally gave no details about the domestic or otherwise external politics of post-Brexit Britain. "

"Boris Johnson is really in trouble"

As MPs return to the House of Commons on Wednesday at 11:30 am (10:30 GMT), "there is a good chance that parliamentarians will take advantage of it to pass laws even before Boris Johnson returns to London, "notes James André.

Boris Johnson in trouble

There will be no questioning at noon, the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, said Tuesday. However, there may be ministerial statements, as well as emergency questions and debates, said John Bercow. "Citizens of the United Kingdom are entitled to expect Parliament to perform its essential functions, to be able to control the executive, to hold ministers accountable and to legislate. he wants it, "he detailed.

Boris Johnson said Tuesday respect the decision of the Supreme Court, even if he is "strongly disagree". He plans to "go ahead" and get the UK out of the EU "no matter what" on 31 October.

"He's really in trouble," says James André, "he said he would not resign despite calls for that, and he'll have to go to the European summit on October 16 and 17. There he will try to negotiate a new agreement, either it gets there, or it comes back to London with a hard Brexit without agreement.The British Parliament will then vote either on the new agreement or on the non-agreement.In the latter case, it is a safe bet that parliamentarians will vote against an exit without an agreement, so Boris Johnson will be required by law to request an extension of the Brexit deadline to the EU on January 31. But he has vowed not to do so. the big question arises ... "

With AFP