Brexit exposes flaws in UK democracy

For those that like a good farce, Brexit is a gift that keeps on giving, with the government stumbling from one pratfall to another.

In the latest trouser-dropping denouement to a move by the British government, Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law when he decided to suspend Parliament for five weeks in the run-up to the Oct 31 deadline for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.

The parliamentary suspension deprived the members of Parliament of the ability to fulfill their role of overseeing the government, the court found, and thus was "void and of no effect". This was the second slapdown of Johnson's bid to do an end run around Parliament after the Scottish High Court ruled his action was illegal "because it had the purpose of stymieing Parliament".