My first choice for the next President

Jo Johnson, the younger brother of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is resigning as an MP and minister, saying he is "torn between family loyalty and the national interest".

The business minister and Tory MP for Orpington, south-east London, cited an "unresolvable tension" in his role.

Mr Johnson voted Remain in the 2016 EU membership referendum, while his brother co-led the Leave campaign.

He resigned as a minister last year in protest at Theresa May's Brexit deal.

But he re-entered government during the summer, after Conservative Party members elected his brother as leader.

MPs, including Tories expelled from the party, are preparing legal action in case the PM refuses to seek a delay to Brexit.

A bill requiring Boris Johnson to ask for an extension to the UK's departure date to avoid a no-deal Brexit on 31 October is set to gain royal assent.

But the PM has said he would "rather be dead in a ditch" than ask for a delay.

Now MPs have lined up a legal team and are willing to go to court to enforce the legislation, if necessary.

The cross-party bill - which requires the prime minister to extend the exit deadline until January unless Parliament agrees a deal with the EU by 19 October - was passed on Friday.

Although the government has said it will abide by the law, Mr Johnson described it as obliging him "in theory" to write to Brussels asking for a "pointless delay".

The Daily Telegraph reported that the prime minister said seeking another extension is "something I will never do", fuelling speculation that ministers could try to find a loophole.

The BBC has learned that a cross-party group of MPs have lined up a legal team and that they are prepared, if necessary, to go to court in order to try to compel Mr Johnson to seek a delay.

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But the PM has said he would "rather be dead in a ditch"

The Democrats are not a party of independent individuals. Rather they are a party of team-players who must submit to collective authority to be acceptable to the party. If you think that Democrats respect each others' independence to form their own opinions and stances on issues, try thinking for yourself and putting forth unique ideas and see how other Democrats respond.

They will tell you that you have to unite behind established party representatives because the primary goal has to be to outnumber Republicans and wrest power away from them.

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The Democrats are not a party of independent individuals. Rather they are a party of team-players who must submit to collective authority to be acceptable to the party. If you think that Democrats respect each others' independence to form their own opinions and stances on issues, try thinking for yourself and putting forth unique ideas and see how other Democrats respond.

They will tell you that you have to unite behind established party representatives because the primary goal has to be to outnumber Republicans and wrest power away from them.

The Republicans are not a party of independent individuals. Rather they are a party of team-players who must submit to collective authority to be acceptable to the party. If you think that Republicans respect each others' independence to form their own opinions and stances on issues, try thinking for yourself and putting forth unique ideas and see how other Republicans respond.

They will tell you that you have to unite behind established party representatives because the primary goal has to be to outnumber Democrats and wrest power away from them.

So, now that we’ve established that political parties have utterly perverted our country, let’s hang them all by the balls, elect Bernie Sanders president, and be guided by some semblance of human decency and intelligent stewardship of this planet.

Boris Johnson’s suspension of the UK Parliament is unlawful, Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled.

A panel of three judges at the Court of Session found in favour of a cross-party group of politicians who were challenging the prime minister's move.

The judges said the PM was attempting to prevent Parliament holding the government to account ahead of Brexit.

The UK government said it will appeal against the ruling to the Supreme Court in London.

The Court of Session decision overturns an earlier ruling from the court, which said last week that Mr Johnson had not broken the law.

But it is currently unclear what impact the judgement will have on the current suspension of Parliament, which started in the early hours of Tuesday.

MPs are not scheduled to return to Parliament until 14 October, when there will be a Queen's Speech outlining Mr Johnson's legislative plans. The UK is due to leave the EU on 31 October.

In a summary of their findings, the Court of Session judges said they were unanimous in their belief that Mr Johnson was motivated by the "improper purpose of stymying Parliament".

They added: "The Court will accordingly make an Order declaring that the prime minister's advice to HM the Queen and the prorogation which followed thereon was unlawful and is thus null and of no effect."

The group of more than 70 largely pro-Remain MPs and peers behind the legal challenge were headed by SNP MP Joanna Cherry, who called for Parliament to be immediately reconvened following the ruling.

She added: "We feel utterly vindicated and I would be confident that the UK Supreme Court will uphold this decision."

The parliamentarians appealed to the Inner House of the Court of Session after their original challenge to the suspension of Parliament was dismissed by judge Lord Doherty last week.

Lord Doherty said Mr Johnson had not broken the law by proroguing Parliament, and that it was for MPs and the electorate to judge the prime minister's actions rather than the courts.

But the three Inner House judges said they disagreed with Lord Doherty's ruling because this particular prorogation had been a "tactic to frustrate Parliament" rather than a legitimate use of the power.

Seventy-five percent of Democratic voters now say they have a favorable impression of Warren — that's up from 53% in January, the last time the poll asked the favorability of candidates or potential candidates. That's a whopping 22-point jump.

I hope so. I would love to see Warren and Trump debate. One thing she has going for her is that she won't come off as an "elite snob" condescending to Trump, but she will have answers vs. Trump who only has one liners and insults.