‘the country doesn’t need any more disruption’

MJ: Tell us how you’re feeling then after hearing that verdict from the Supreme Court – you might be back in London soon.

DT: That’s true and I sincerely hope that it won’t disrupt the Conservative Party conference because I know that earlier in the year the leader of the House had actually approached the different political parties to see if they would be prepared to move their conferences this year and the answer was no. So, I hope that we get to run our conference and hear what the Prime Minister wants to do going forward. At the end of the day, the court is the court and we have to respect and honour their decision, and they found the Prime Minister was unlawful in his decision.

MJ: How do you think Boris Johnson will react to this verdict?

DT: Boris Johnson is a very intelligent man who understands Great Britain, believes in Great Britain and believes in our court system. I don’t think this will present him a particular challenge, I think we will return and get on with the job of trying to make a good date of Brexit. I think what he was attempting to do – and I have enormous sympathy for him – is that while there is important work to do, much of our time in Parliament for a long time now has been unnecessarily, in my view, disrupted by people who actually just want to frustrate the process of Brexit, maybe even stop it alltogether. I can see why he wanted us out of the way so they could actually get on with the work. Government has done enormous…