On the subject of that hardened crim, Bo "The Premier" Johnson...
This, from James O'Brien (Constitutional Expert):
"Illegal means that it is forbidden by a law that has been passed.
Unlawful means that it is not authorised by law because no such law has been passed."
Many new laws come about through courts having to make judgements in areas where laws have not been passed. This is what the Supreme Court has had to do. Boris proroguing Parliament was not illegal because there was no area of law forbidding it. It has now been tested, determined in the opinion of the Supreme Court judges to be unlawful, which means that if he does it again it would presumably now be illegal. Johnson may be a liar as to his motives for proroguing Parliament - we can all draw our own conclusions on that - but he did not commit a criminal act in this instance.
On the other hand, MPs such as the Rt. Hon. David Lammy, calling for civil disobedience, are calling for citizens to actively refuse to obey certain laws. Of course, Remainers will argue that's perfectly acceptable because he is on their side.
"Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government. By some definitions, civil disobedience has to be nonviolent to be called 'civil'. Hence, civil disobedience is sometimes equated with peaceful protests or nonviolent resistance."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience
I find it hilarious, the faux outrage towards Johnson - of whom it is once more necessary to state that I am no fan of - when I'm willing to bet that every single one of us on this Board has broken the law in one way, shape or form. I'm sure most of us have smoked some pot, pinched some stationery at work, fiddled an expense claim for £2.34, exceeded the speed limit, maybe chanced a drive when potentially over the limit, used our mobile phones whilst driving... maybe even beaten somebody up for whatever motive. We might consider these petty by comparison, but they're no less laws broken.