borisjohnson's suspension of parliament was unlawful amounts to a ‘damning indictment of the prime minister'. the guardian simply says: ‘he misled the queen, the people, and parliament'. mrjohnson has so far refused to resign however, as the front page of the i points out. that refusal also makes the front page of the metro, whose headline is ‘get rid of me if you can'. the telegraph leads on mrjohnson‘s reaction to the decision — he said he disagreed with the supreme court, accusing the justices of frustrating the will of the people. and the mirror says there's a special place in history for the prime minister, pointing out that he faces being britain's shortest ever leader. a reference i don't think to his height but probably to the length of his term. only one story in town.

let's start with stephen. the independent come a very striking headline. they haven't reproduced some of what lady hale, the supreme court president, said the prime minister advice to her majesty was unlawful, void and of no effect. this means that when the world commission is locked into the house of lords, it was as if they walked in with a blank sheet of paper. —— royal commissioners walked into the house of lords. parliament has not been prorogue. jaw-dropping. i think so. been prorogue. jaw-dropping. i think so. almost every legal expert who looked at it kinda knew the government come if it was declared to be within the purview of the court, the government was a bang to rights because the government visibly this was about trying to stop parliament blocking them from taking the united kingdom out of the eu without a deal. however, a lot of people thought there was a good chanceit people thought there was a good chance it supreme court might go, this actually is in our warehouse commit is your problem, sorted out. or they commit is your problem, sorted out.

orthey might commit is your problem, sorted out. or they might have come to a similar conclusion but been sort of less firm and say it is not prorogued but it is suspended. this was a possible scenario, i think this is very much something very few legal experts that an assumption one or two of the 11 that an assumption one or two of the ii with the sand. a huge moment to watch in the court and i think a huge moment in the brexit process. watch in the court and i think a huge moment in the brexit processlj think huge moment in the brexit process.” think what was interesting was that not only were all the justices unanimous, but it was the strength of the wording of the statement. yes. absolutely. it was one of those moments which actually the last time i think as a nation we perhaps felt that way, was when the result of the referendum was announced. and it was a moment where were you took a sharp inta ke a moment where were you took a sharp intake of breath and very dramatic, just in terms of how the newspapers are covering it in a sense, the independent what this a very stark

cove r, independent what this a very stark cover, perhaps captures the shock of it. most successfully. but absolutely, i think the fact that it was unanimous, and that there was no sort of soft ending of the language, this was a very substantial and damaging criticism of the prime minister, but i think it should also be remembered that there are, it is not necessarily to be welcome that we are moving towards more and more judicial involvement with the political system in this country. i think that the front page have got to capture the drama of the day, but in this sense, what this will mean for our constitution in the future will take i think some time to settle in. do you agree with that? i think it means relatively little for oui’ think it means relatively little for our constitution. most governments get defeated and what to be the

lords, now the supreme court. the beauty of our constitution is you have a majority when the law of the lords or supreme court say that as a legal and the government of the day goes know it is not. hmrc used to do all the time when they were found certain things were not fair or legal. parliament would just pass annexing it is legal. courts don't have to accept it. what this really was about is the effect on the 2017 election had consequences. the government does not have a majority so government does not have a majority so it cannot act with the arbitrary powers that our system gives to a majority government and in many ways we are seeing the unraveling of the confidence trick theresa may pull to stay in office when she said to the mps don't worry it is not that bad. she didn't commit so much but she did commence them of that and what we see today is the last event ability to pretend they can act as they won the 2017 election. interesting viewpoint. let's turn to the guardian. the independent was a very stark front page, but the headlight here, he misled the queen, the people and parliament. ——

headline here. pass his position turned away towards boris johnson?” think actually, one of the ironies of this has a huge amount of sound and fury today, but we wake up tomorrow and it seems that very little is going to be changed immediately by this. boris johnson says he is not going to resign. in a sense, he has bolted in that position by the fact that the leader of the opposition apparently is not going to call for a vote of no confidence. as we have reached over different points throughout the brexit process. we see now to be at a nether impasse. it is not clear in some respects, gentleness have been saying throughout this whole process, in normal circumstances, his position might not be turned abroad but we are not in normal

circumstances otherwise wouldn't be going through this imaginations. and i think it does not immediately mean that his position is not returnable. turning to the financial times, johnson faces calls to resign as judges roll parliament closure unlawful. is there a scenario where this plays out that he actually uses to his advantage and says i am going to his advantage and says i am going to get brexit through and do or die, despite all of these obstacles i am pacing around corner?” despite all of these obstacles i am pacing around corner? i suppose if he can get a brexit bill, yes. that is now the only way of keeping his promise to leave by the 31st of october. however, it doesn't feel all that likely he will get a brexit bill but i think the odds against him getting one now feel so large because of the red lines he has drawn in the restraints and parliament because of what has happened today. it does mean if they find their lensing zone acceptable to the eu and his party come a cce pta ble to the eu and his party come acceptable to the dup and the

majority, yes, it will be. interesting, all the papers are focusing on boris johnson. interesting, all the papers are focusing on borisjohnson. his picture the front pages. but the financial times does say that there are other people who perhaps need to look at themselves for the advice they gave him and i wonder what about the future stay out of his chief adviser, dominic, the attorney general also geoffrey cox who gave him legal advice about the legality of this. interesting during the course of the day, more details about what geoffrey cox had advised him on on events of this had been revealed. what will it was built was that he was advised by geoffrey cox that he was advised by geoffrey cox that this was going to be legal. that didn't strike me as a huge revelation, surely it would've been a far greater revelation if he had been advised in advance that what he was about to do was illegal. curiously it seemed to me that what the supreme court also indicated was that they were interested in this

motivation in essence they were interested in whether or not he knew it was legal or otherwise. whatever interest and he was outcome which they ruled and that is what they ruled on. so the idea that as many people have ta ken ruled on. so the idea that as many people have taken from this, automatically means that he was lying, it doesn't seem to me to have been proven completely by what the ruling said. let's quickly move onto the metro. get rid of me if you can. a defiant boris there. is there an argument that actually despite all of the fury, nothing much actually changes tomorrow anyway?” of the fury, nothing much actually changes tomorrow anyway? i think something really big cash change tomorrow. which is we are not waking up tomorrow. which is we are not waking up tomorrow to news about tom watson being booed at labour conference, and a division within the labour party and instead, where talking about divisions within the government and the labour party which if he said to me yesterday walking around brighton labour will

and his conference feeling optimistic i would've said i will have whatever you are having. i think actually that is the biggest change was that we are not talking about labour opposition party. we are seeing them go actually the opposition party might find a way to win. yes. today should have been for better orfor win. yes. today should have been for better or for worse, the day that jeremy corbyn. tomorrow would have been, but his speech committed that he gave a speech through the conference. it would've been the biggest feature on the front page of the newspapers. and i think he is probably to certain extent disappointed that it is not. although arguably, perhaps some of the details desire to be brushed over. not everyone will agree with that. of course not. but the fact he is avoiding scrutiny can be both quite a positive thing arguably for the labour party, as stephen indicated. but also frustrating for them because they do have a very radical programme which presumably

they want to get out there. we will leave it there for now. that is a good place to pause you both are backin good place to pause you both are back in our. thank you. that's it for the papers this hour. jo—anne and stephen will be back at 11.30 for another look at the papers, and don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you jo—anne nadler and stephen bush — goodbye. hello. september had been looking like a hello. september had been looking likea dry hello. september had been looking like a dry month. that was until our more recent run of came oui’ way. like a dry month. that was until our more recent run of came our way. we had a loss of a heavy downpour today in heavy rain and big thunderstorms

out and about. look—alike disruption what some flooding out and about. just outside of the doors of the bbc really. this is what it looked like around the circus. the rain hammering down in one of the storm is passing through. it in wiltshire, 59 mm of rain falling over the last day. equalling a months worth of rain injust that day. equalling a months worth of rain in just that 2a hour period. it has been very wet, more rain to come as well overnight across southern parts of england and wales. they ran in the south coast, some gusty winds and got some around 30 or a0 miles and got some around 30 or a0 miles an hour. some wet weather pushing across northern england into scotla nd across northern england into scotland where we could see low cloud following and maybe a little bit messy and murky around the coast and hills. into wednesday. low pressure moving eastwards, it will be shall be for a time but the next big area of waiting in the wings. u nsu btle rent big area of waiting in the wings. unsubtle rent or whether we are in. rain with strong winds starting for southern england, wet weatherfor

northern england and scotland but gradually, the weather should try to brighten up a little bit through the afternoon. although there will be shall was around and later in the day, we will see the next man of rain moving its way into northern ireland. it will turn wet here before the end of the day. rain also associated with the next weather system which will continue to push his way in through the night—time. again it will be quite a windy spell of weather with the rain being blown through by the gusty south—westerly winds. as the rain clears, we will see showers moving in across the west and every years later in the day. unsettled, bits of sunshine, and the temperature still not too bad really, highs of around 18 or 19 degrees. a little bit cooler for northern ireland. more rain, and at the day on friday, wet weather pushing his way northwards. the ones coming around from northwesterly directions, temperatures following a little bit across scotland and northern ireland, 1a or 15 degrees here. england and well still getting some brick showers, thunderstorms

and still some fairly strong gust of wind and that continues to be the pattern into the weekend. unsettled looking we can ahead, temperature still into the mid to high teens come some rain at times, best to cover it, some fairly brisk ones as well. maybe a bit drier into next week. that is your weather.

this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 11:00: 11 justices of the uk supreme court rule unanimously that borisjohnson‘s decision to suspend parliament was designed to prevent it from doing itsjob in the run—up to the brexit deadline. the effect on the fundamentals of oui’ the effect on the fundamentals of our democracy the effect on the fundamentals of oui’ democracy was the effect on the fundamentals of our democracy was extreme. outside court, there was jubilation among supporters of the businesswoman gina miller, one of those who brought the case. today's ruling confirms that we are a nation governed by the rule of law. laws that everyone, even the

prime minister, is not above. across the atlantic in new york, the prime minister said that while he respected the court, he did not agree with its ruling. i have the highest respect of course for ourjudiciary and the independence of our courts but i must say, i strongly disagree with thisjudgement. in brighton, at the labour conference, jeremy corbyn said the prime minister wasn't fit to be in office. borisjohnson has boris johnson has been borisjohnson has been found to have misled the country. this unelected prime minister should now resign. following the collapse of thomas cook, thousands more british holidaymakers have been brought home today. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the political commentator jo—anne nadler and stephen bush, the political

editor of new statesman. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in a momentous ruling, the british supreme court has ruled that the government broke the law when it suspended parliament. in a strongly worded and unanimous verdict, the 11 most seniorjudges in the uk concluded that the decision to prorogue parliament for five weeks was unlawful. the president of the supreme court, lady hale, said it had the effect of frustrating or preventing parliament from carrying out its constitutional functions. and that because it happened

in the run—up to the brexit deadline on october, 31st, it had an extreme effect on our democracy. the prime minister says while he disagrees with the ruling, he will abide by it, but opposition leaders are calling on him to resign. our political editor laura kuenssberg has this report on the supreme court's dramatic ruling and what it could mean for brexit. the storm burst, well and truly. campaigners and lawyers gathering at the highest court in the land... do you think you've won? i really hope so. ..ready to pass judgment on the prime minister. when it came, the ruling was polite, but devastating too. borisjohnson broke the law. the decision to advise her majesty to prorogue parliament was unlawful, because it had the effect of frustrating or preventing the ability

of parliament to carry out its constitutional functions without reasonable justification. jubilation outside in the rain. cheering yes! it restores some kind of hope, doesn't it? who needs hard booze, right, when you've got a judgment like that? those outraged the prime minister had advised the queen to suspend or prorogue parliament for five weeks, suspicious he'd done it to close down debate on brexit — which he denied. the effect on the fundamentals of our democracy was extreme. no justification for taking action with such an extreme effect has been put before the court. the conclusion — it was illegal, so it never happened at all. the prime minister's advice to her majesty was unlawful, void, and of no effect. parliament has not been prorogued.

the government's lawyers a few weeks ago did not expect this. the courts traditionally allergic to politics and stay well away, but the other side's legal dream came true. the ruling today speaks volumes. this prime minister must open the doors of parliament tomorrow. mps must get back and be brave and bold in holding this unscrupulous government to account. thank you. so what next? immediate calls to new york, 3,000 miles away, for the prime minister's audacious move condemned by the court... prime minister, are you going to resign? ..to be a reason to resign. prime minister. thank you very much, anthony. for some of his allies, though, it's no emergency. there's been a court case in our country this morning,