The Remainers have had a week to do whatever it is they demanded the right to do, and it turned out there wasn't anything as they had all booked their vacations.
So much for the Supreme Court's decision.
For Americans who don't know otherwise, it is quite normal for the government to prorogue parliament during party conference season and quite normal for the government to prorogue parliament before the Queen's Speech.
On this occasion, there being a new government, these two events are back-to-back, which is unusual. That was the reason the government imposed a longer prorogation than normal.
So the conference season is now over, during which the Supreme Court curtailed the prorogation for no obvious reason. And now we are heading for the Queen's speech. And so the government will prorogue parliament in time-honoured fashion.
So the effect will be that we will have had two prorogations, where one would have been sufficient. The first one was theoretically null and void, but you can't get the time back. The second one looks bound to occur. So unless the Remainers have some plan, their objection to the government's prorogation looks to have been ineffective.
The UK system is way more quirky than the American one. It is looking like Boris' strategy is working in spite of losing every battle along the way! Now all he wants is to find an EU country willing to refuse an extension, and we will finally be out of the dreary treaty. At last. At last. Thank God Almighty.
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