Indian-origin anti-Brexit campaigner prepares for new court battle
A prominent Indian-origin anti-Brexit campaigner said 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, the frontrunner in the prime ministerial leadership contest, 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 ...