UK government suffers Brexit court blow

Zero_Gravitas

So the Brexit lobby lost in court. I'm sure they will accepting the rule of law with good grace, and will get over it and move on. After all, isn't that what they've been telling the Remainers to do for the past 5 months...

Still, it's an interesting approach - restoring parliamentary sovereignty to this country by denying parliamentary sovereignty...

What a bunch of hypocrites.

CLAPTON

Zero_Gravitas wrote: »

So the Brexit lobby lost in court. I'm sure they will accepting the rule of law with good grace, and will get over it and move on. After all, isn't that what they've been telling the Remainers to do for the past 5 months...

Still, it's an interesting approach - restoring parliamentary sovereignty to this country by denying parliamentary sovereignty...

What a bunch of hypocrites.

do you think, taking everything into consideration, the right democratic result should be brexit within a couple of years?

Rinoa

Parliament always has the ultimate sovereignty as it can call for a vote of no confidence if it wishes, followed by a general election.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

CLAPTON wrote: »

do you think, taking everything into consideration, the right democratic result should be brexit within a couple of years?

The right democratic result should be Parliament now takes control of the process and chooses when we exit the EU, what our post Brexit relationship with the EU consists of, and what the negotiating parameters are.

You wanted to restore Parliamentary sovereignty.

This court decision has done exactly that.

CLAPTON

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

The right democratic result should be Parliament now takes control of the process and chooses when we exit the EU, what our post Brexit relationship with the EU consists of, and what the negotiating parameters are.

You wanted to restore Parliamentary sovereignty.

This court decision has done exactly that.

is the right democractic result to leave or to stay?

Zero_Gravitas

CLAPTON wrote: »

do you think, taking everything into consideration, the right democratic result should be brexit within a couple of years?

Based on the terms of the referendum, the right result for the democratic process will be Brexit. But it will take longer than two years, as it will take longer than that for the negotiations and proper scrutiny by parliament.

CLAPTON

Zero_Gravitas wrote: »

Based on the terms of the referendum, the right result for the democratic process will be Brexit. But it will take longer than two years, as it will take longer than that for the negotiations and proper scrutiny by parliament.

once we initiate article 50 there is only two years, unless all 27 EU countries unanimously agree otherwise.

Zero_Gravitas

Oh, and surely appealing to the Supreme Court is the equivalent of having a second referendum because you didn't like the result of the first one?

Oh, the irony?

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

CLAPTON wrote: »

once we initiate article 50 there is only two years, unless all 27 EU countries unanimously agree otherwise.

Once we initiate article 50..... Yes.

However proper Parliamentary scrutiny and passage of the requisite legislation enabling the government to initiate article 50 may take quite some time...;)

Zero_Gravitas

CLAPTON wrote: »

once we initiate article 50 there is only two years, unless all 27 EU countries unanimously agree otherwise.

I know. But it seems very unlikely that the Government will be a position to invoke article 50 at the end of March 2017, hence significantly longer than 2 years.