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Jeremy Corbyn today blasted Boris Johnson's behaviour as an "affront to democracy" as MPs race back to Parliament for a historic sitting of the House of Commons.

Labour's leader slammed legal advice by the Attorney General that allowed Boris Johnson to shut down Parliament for five weeks - only to be overturned yesterday by the Supreme Court.

Boris Johnson is now jetting back early from the UN General Assembly in New York as MPs flood in to Westminster from across the nation in time for the sitting at 11.30am.

But Jeremy Corbyn confirmed he does not plan to table an immediate no confidence vote in the government.

Instead he said the “priority” is to “prevent a no deal exit from the EU on October 31.”

That means waiting until it is “very very clear” that Boris Johnson will apply for a delay to Brexit - in accordance with the law.

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MPs passed a law earlier this month saying the Prime Minister must ask for a delay if there’s no agreement by October 19, straight after an EU summit.

Yet Boris Johnson has “refused to give the undertaking that he will do that,” Jeremy Corbyn said. And Labour figures believe the sneaky PM could try to get round the law, or force through no-deal by placing October 31 midway through an election campaign.

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In his first BBC Radio 4 Today programme interview for years Mr Corbyn said this morning, “Until it is very very clear that the application will be made as per the legislation to the EU to extend our membership to at least January… then we will continue pushing for that. That is our priority.

“If the application is made before then and accepted by the EU at the ministerial council on October 17 then obviously that would be a step forward.”

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Mr Corbyn said he thought the Prime Minister would have received advice from Government lawyers that proroguing Parliament for five weeks was "questionable".

"I would have thought it would have been pretty obvious that the course the PM was set on was very risky and an affront to our democracy," he told the BBC.

He called on the Prime Minister to say sorry to the Queen.

Mr Corbyn said: "I think he should apologise both to her [the Queen] for the advice he gave her [over suspending parliament] but, more importantly, apologise to the British people for what he’s done in trying to shut down our democracy at a very crucial time when people are very, very worried about what will happen on 31 October."

MPs are preparing to return to Westminster after the bombshell legal ruling that Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament until October 14 was unlawful.

The Prime Minister will fly back into a political storm with demands for his resignation from furious opposition parties, determined to hold him to account over his Brexit plans.

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Downing Street insisted there was no question of him standing aside, despite the Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday there was no "reasonable justification" for his advice to the Queen to prorogue Parliament for five weeks.

Instead, no-deal Brexit chief Michael Gove today strongly hinted that the government will simply prorogue Parliament again - just for a shorter time.

Asked if that was the plan, he said the government will bring forward proposals later today.

Arrogant Mr Gove refused to say sorry for the government's behaviour this morning.

The Cabinet Office minister said: "I think it's important to stress that while the Supreme Court was clear, there is a respectable legal opinion that disagrees with that view."

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Officially the government has promised to respect the Supreme Court judgment.

But Leader of the Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg is accused of branding it a "constitutional coup" in a raging Cabinet phone call last night.

Michael Gove flatly failed to deny Mr Rees-Mogg used the words in an interview this morning.

Instead Mr Gove said: "I think there's been a lot of garbled commentary in the newspapers today which attributes to people a variety of different views".

Moments before he left New York, Mr Johnson addressed the UN General Assembly and his only mention of Brexit was a bizarre rambling comparison to the myth of Prometheus.

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Referring to how the Titan's liver was pecked out by an eagle, he said: "And this went on forever.

"A bit like the experience of Brexit in the UK, if some of our Parliamentarians had their way."

Earlier, the Prime Minister insisted he would not be deterred from taking Britain out of the EU on October 31.

While he said he had the "utmost respect" for the judiciary and would abide by the court's ruling, he nevertheless said he "strongly disagreed" with its decision.

He also issued a warning to pro-Remain MPs not to try to "frustrate" the will of the people by blocking Brexit.

"I think it would be very unfortunate if Parliament made that objective which the people want more difficult but we will get on," he said.

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Mr Johnson is expected to land in the UK around midday on Wednesday, and it is thought likely that he will address the Commons in the afternoon.

He updated Cabinet ministers on the ruling in a conference call on Tuesday from New York, in which Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg reportedly said the Supreme Court judgment amounted to a "constitutional coup".

Mr Johnson also spoke to the Queen after the verdict, according to a Government source who would not comment on whether he apologised to the monarch.

The court's ruling that the prorogation was "void and of no effect" meant there was no need for the Government to formally recall Parliament.

Instead Commons Speaker John Bercow simply announced MPs would resume sitting at 11.30am on Wednesday.

Although there will be no Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Bercow said there would be "full scope" for urgent questions, ministerial statements and applications for emergency debates which MPs have used to seize control of the Commons timetable from the Government.

Shadow cabinet office minister Jon Trickett indicated they would be seeking to bring Mr Johnson to the Commons chamber to account for his actions.

"We want to hear what legal advice he was acting on, why he ended up in court and being ruled in this quite extraordinary way," he said.

"As the debate goes on and we hear the answers, clearly we will be wondering and making decisions on how to proceed next."

Mr Rees-Mogg will set out the business for the week on Wednesday, a Government source said.

Mr Johnson meanwhile has said he still wants to go ahead with a new Queen's Speech setting out the Government's legislative programme - his stated reason for seeking a prorogation.

His comments suggest that he could potentially seek another prorogation - something he has not ruled out.

Opposition MPs are likely to use the resumed sittings to try to ensure Mr Johnson cannot take Britain out of the EU without a deal at the end of October.

The Prime Minister has insisted he will not seek another Brexit delay, despite the passing of the so-called Benn Act, requiring him to seek a further extension from the EU if he cannot get a new agreement.

Jeremy Corbyn, who brought forward his Labour Party Conference speech so he can return to Westminster on Wednesday, said once no-deal was off the table, they would seek to push for a general election .

"The Prime Minister acted illegally when he tried to shut down opposition to his reckless and disastrous plan to crash out of the European Union without a deal. But he has failed," he told delegates in Brighton.

"This unelected Prime Minister should now resign."

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The SNP leader at Westminster Ian Blackford said once it was clear Parliament had blocked a no-deal Brexit, the opposition parties should combine to pass a vote of no confidence.

"We cannot tolerate this man who is behaving in an undemocratic manner, behaving like a dictator," he said.

"He has to be removed from office and the opposition has to come together, the opposition has to do its job."