Attorney General Geoffrey Cox launched a furious rant at MPs as parliament was recalled after the UK's highest court ruled that Boris Johnson's suspension of it was illegal, Euronews told.
Cox was being questioned by MPs on the legal advice Johnson gave The Queen on the suspension of parliament.
He provoked ire when he said: "This parliament is a dead parliament, it has no moral right to sit on these green benches."
He said the government had no majority, MPs have blocked a Brexit deal three times and that the opposition had voted twice to block a general election.
"This parliament is a disgrace... But the time is coming, Mr Speaker, when even these turkeys won't be able to delay Christmas."