PM’s vow to assert sovereignty of UK parliament is pointless, says Grieve

‘A plan by David Cameron to win the support of Boris Johnson in the EU referendum by asserting the sovereignty of parliament risks turning into a “pointless” gesture, the former attorney general, Dominic Grieve, has warned.

As the London mayor keeps the Conservative party guessing about his plans, Grieve said that any attempt by an EU national parliament to challenge the primacy of EU law would be thrown out by the European court of justice.

Grieve spoke out after the prime minister told MPs last week that he was prepared to give ground to Johnson’s demand for the government to assert the sovereignty of parliament. The prime minister told Johnson in the House of Commons that he would introduce measures to “put beyond doubt” the sovereignty of parliament.’

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