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Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips

Should the UK have a written constitution?

Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips

Sky News

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.0156 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

An eventful week in British politics has been dominated by proceedings at the Supreme Court where judges have been listening to arguments over whether the Prime Minister acted lawfully in suspending Parliament. Adam Boulton and guests discuss the hearing and its potential consequences, there's a look ahead to the Labour conference in Brighton and reflections on the Lib Dem gathering Bournemouth where Jo Swinson came out in favour of scrapping Brexit altogether in the event of her becoming Prime Minister. Joining Adam this week are the director of the Demos think tank - and former Special Adviser to Nick Clegg - Polly Mackenzie, the General Secretary of Labour Leave Brendan Chilton and Sky's political reporter Rob Powell.

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Hello and welcome to the All-Out Politics podcast from Sky News.

0:49.6

I'm Adam Bolton, and this week we're going to talk about that very dramatic legal battle going on in the

0:54.7

Supreme Court over the Prime Minister's decision to suspend Parliament. We'll look ahead to

1:00.1

the Labour Conference which gets underway in Brighton this weekend where Jeremy Corbyn is going

1:06.4

to attempt to reconcile his party's position on Brexit. We'll reflect too on the Liberal Democrats gathering

1:12.8

in Bournemouth, where Joe Switzer was very clear what her party's position on Brexit is and said

1:18.1

that she could well be the next Prime Minister. So joining me this week are the director of the

1:24.2

Demos think tank and a former special advisor to Nick Clegg, Polly McKenzie, the General Secretary of Labor Leave, of Brendan Chilton,

1:31.5

and Sky's political reporter, Rob Powell.

1:34.8

Well, let's start with the Supreme Court, which certainly, for viewers and listeners,

1:41.5

went at a very different pace from normal day-to-day Westminster politics.

1:46.2

For the executive to use a prerogative power to seek to evade control by Parliament

1:55.2

stands the basic principles of constitutional law

2:01.0

on their head.

2:02.7

Prorogation decisions are

2:04.4

inherently and fundamentally

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