Anti-Brexit campaigner readies for court battle

London, July 14 

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A prominent Indian-origin anti-Brexit campaigner said on Sunday that she will take the government to court if British Prime Minister Theresa May’s successor attempts to suspend Parliament to take Britain out of the European Union (EU) without a deal.

Gina Miller, who had mounted a successful legal challenge to prevent May triggering Brexit without Parliament’s approval back in 2017, has said she is ready for another legal battle to establish parliamentary supremacy. 

Miller’s team has issued a legal letter of warning to Boris Johnson who has refused to rule out the prospect of proroguing Parliament in order to meet the October 31 Brexit deadline.

“It would seriously undermine parliamentary sovereignty for you, as Prime Minister, to prorogue Parliament to prevent it from considering whether to legislate to prevent a no-deal Brexit,” reads the letter issued by law firm Mishcon de Reya, representing Miller and her campaign team.

“You would be closing the doors of Parliament to prevent it from legislating on the most important political issue of the day, when time is of the essence. In such circumstances it would be unlawful for you as PM to advise Her Majesty to prorogue Parliament for the purpose of preventing Parliament from considering the enactment of a law to stop the UK leaving the EU without a deal,” it adds. — PTI