Conservative Party members chose Boris Johnson to be our next Prime Minister, with one aim - to deliver Brexit. His first session in Parliament as PM did not go as planned and he lost his majority within two days. His attempts to call an early General Election also failed, and it was not long before Parliament was suspended by prorogation.
Boris Johnson's first premiership was a strict one. He expelled more than 20 of his own MPs for voting against him, which did not go down well in some quarters. Some Conservative MPs even resigned their posts in protest.
Johnson's declaration that he would rather "die in a ditch" than ask the EU for a further extension to Article 50, put him on a collision course with MPs who voted by a clear majority to force his hand. How would he avoid this, when doing so would be illegal?
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That’s 0.2% of the UK electorate. His opponent, Jeremy Hunt, received 46,656 votes
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It was the largest reorganisation of a cabinet since World War II. Conservative MP Nigel Evans described it as "not so much a reshuffle as a summer's day massacre"
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This action was challenged by MPs in four separate courts. On September 11th Scotland’s highest civil court ruled Johnson’s suspension of the UK Parliament to be unlawful. Judges said that the prorogation had been a "tactic to frustrate Parliament" rather than a legitimate use of power. The Supreme Court made a final judgement on September 24th - Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament was indeed unlawful. Parliament reopened the following day
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Mr. Johnson was addressing the Commons when Lee stole his limelight by walking from the Government benches to those of the Opposition
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The Opposition were supported by Conservative rebel MPs and the bill passed by 327 votes to 299
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Amongst other big names who were expelled from the Conservative Party were former Chancellors Kenneth Clarke and Philip Hammond. The Government’s majority was now a minority of 43
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Under the act (brought in by David Cameron), a General Election is held every five years, unless there is a vote of no confidence in the Government, or a majority of two-thirds of the House of Commons
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He said the reason for his resignation was that he was, “torn between family and national interest"
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She also said the government was having no "formal negotiations" with the EU about a new deal, and that 80-90% of Brexit work was spent preparing for an "inferior" no-deal option
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The last Prime Minister to have such a poor record was Lord Rosebery in 1894
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