This week the minority Liberal Democrats have been holding their annual rally in Bournemouth. This weekend hundreds of politicians from the main opposition Labour Party will head to the southern English resort of Brighton for their conference. And a week later Johnson will make his first keynote conference speech as prime minister at the Conservative pow-wow in Manchester.
It means the Commons would have in any case been shut until early October.
But in the closing speeches in the Supreme Court, barrister Lord Pannick said if the government loses the case, parliament should resume as soon as possible next week.
Pannick, the barrister representing main appellant, the businesswoman and Remain campaigner Gina Miller, sought a declaration that Johnson's advice about the suspension was unlawful.
Pannick asked the court to draw the inference that the length of the suspension was influenced by Johnson's desire to stop parliament obstructing his policies.
"There is no other rational reason for the length of the prorogation," he said, adding that would amount to an improper purpose.
Lord Keen, representing the British government, said that prorogation, or suspension of parliament, could be done for political purposes.
He told the judges: "If parliament wants to block prorogation, it can move a motion of no confidence. That will be debated if it is tabled by the leader of the opposition." He added that no such call for a debate had been demanded after Johnson's announcement.
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