BOJO'S DEFEAT
Supreme Court Brexit ruling – what was the decision and what happens next?
BORIS Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament has been ruled "unlawful and void" as the Supreme Court delivered their shattering verdict this morning.
Here's the latest on what's happening with Brexit - and amid all the uncertainty, what could possibly happen next.
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What's the latest?
Eleven Supreme Court justices have ruled Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament was "unlawful and void".
MPs could now be recalled to Parliament as early as tomorrow, September 24, as Speaker John Bercow said they must return as a "matter of urgency".
Furious Remainer MPs, led by Jeremy Corbyn, have now called for Boris’ head - but he has refused to quit as PM.
After the result Johnson said: “We have a parliament that is unable to be prorogued, doesn’t want to have an election and I think it is time we took things forward.”
He added that the court challenges against his shutdown were not helping Britain get the best deal from the EU.
The Tory conference - set to start on September 29 - will now be thrown into doubt as MPs are ordered to make a rapid return to Westminster.
The ruling represents a catastrophic blow for Boris with a loss now allowing Remainer MPs more time to block us leaving the EU by Halloween.
What was the result of Labour's conference Brexit vote?
Labour was left tearing itself apart over Brexit yet again after Remainers failed in a bid to force Jeremy Corbyn to back staying in the EU.
In farcical scenes at the party's Brighton conference, leftie delegates were at each other's throats after the plot was defeated by a marginal show of hands.
Mr Corbyn managed to whip his ultra-loyalist supporters into line and force them to back his plan to decide Brexit next year.
Labour's position will now be to stay neutral until after a special conference, kicking the decision into the long grass yet again.
It could even mean they go into an election being unable to tell voters which way they would campaign.
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What else is happening?
Boris Johnson has been doing all he can to get a deal - as the EU boss warned a No Deal Brexit would have "catastrophic consequences."
On September 19, Brussels chief Jean-Claude Juncker said that "we can have a deal" and "Brexit will happen" in a major boost for Boris Johnson.
He said he was prepared to get rid of the so-called backstop from a withdrawal agreement as long as "the objectives are met - all of them".
Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay said the EU believes a deal with Britain is "doable" after he thrashed it out with Brussels chief Michel Barnier - making the point that the two sides shared a "common interest."
Boris Johnson meanwhile has likened himself to the Hulk as pressure is mounting for a favourable Brexit deal.
Angela Merkel said there's "every chance" in the 11th hour that a Brexit deal can be reached.
On September 11, Brexit blockers were handed a boost after a Scottish court said Boris was UNLAWFUL to shutdown Parliament.
All three of the judges in Scotland's highest appeal court ruled the shutdown was "unlawful", it has been reported, while Sir John Major told the court he felt that Johnson acted "like a dishonest estate agent."
The former PM has now been accused of "sheer hyprocrisy" for his attack after it came to light that HE prorogued Parliament amid the "cash for questions" row in 1997.
And on Thursday, September 24, the Supreme Court ruled the shutdown of Parliament was "unlawful".
Labour abstainers blocked Boris Johnson's bid to hold a general election for a second time.
The PM had called for a general election on October 15 but Labour abstained in the Commons vote, leaving him short of the two-thirds majority needed.
It would have taken a Parliamentary miracle for Mr Johnson to win the vote with neither Mr Corbyn or Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson willing to back an election until a three-month Brexit delay has been secured.
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It comes as Johnson has reportedly been handed a lifeline by the Democratic Unionist Party in the Irish backstop battle.
It was said the DUP has agreed to a move that could pave the way for a Brexit deal.
the party accepted some changes that would see Northern Ireland sticking to some European Union rules post-Brexit.
But it would be a new deal to replace the hard Irish backstop, a sticking point for many in the Brexit negotiations.
The paper claimed the DUP, the biggest party in Northern Ireland, had also privately said it would drop its objection to regulatory checks in the Irish Sea.
A point it had previously said was unacceptable as it would separate Northern Ireland politically and economically from the mainland.
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What did Boris Johnson say about a General Election?
Boris Johnson said any move to block a No Deal Brexit would weaken his hand in attempting to negotiate an agreement with Brussels.
If MPs backed a bill that would force him to seek an extension to our leaving date if there was no deal, then he would seek a general election.
After they did just that, the Prime Minister followed suit with a motion seeking the two-thirds majority needed to go to the polls on October 1
But 298 MPs backed him - far short of 434 MPs he needed to get it through.
Earlier in the week, addressing the nation outside Number 10 on Monday, September 2, the Prime Minister insisted: "I don't want an election, you don't want an election.”
He said that if MPs voted to block the option of a No Deal Brexit they would "plainly chop the legs out from under the UK position" when he is negotiating.
The vote was lost after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn ordered his MPs to abstain in the knowledge this would prevent Boris getting the two thirds majority he needed.
That prompted a furious Mr Johnson brand Corbyn "chicken" saying he was “the first leader of the opposition in the democratic history of our country to refuse the invitation of an election”.
Labour’s mass abstention came despite Mr Corbyn and other senior figures in his party having called for a general election as soon as possible more than 15 times so far — in this year alone.
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