Government loses Brexit vote appeal

Fella

mayonnaise wrote: »

Not really...
Begs the question why brexiteers are creaming their pants about it.

I think you mean sh*tting their pants unless you're suggesting they were surprisingly pleased by the decision.

However I wouldn't be too smug. Every effort to delay Brexit just reinforces the perception that May has listened to the people & is doing her best to carry out their will. Labour will lose even more support with their various hamfisted attempts to frustrate the Govt. The Libs would too if they had any support to lose. And Sturgeon increasingly comes across as a squawking irrelevance, simultaneously preaching the evils of inclusion (in the UK) & of exclusion (from the EU) all the while desparately hoping not too many people notice the dumb hypocrisy of that position.

There's a reason the Tories are sanguine over this. All they have to do is slowly proceed with Brexit in order to gain more & more of the vote as their incompetent opposition self-destructs. A decent opposition would be running the Tories ragged with these opportunities. But Corbyn, Farron & Sturgeon must be the weakest bunch any standing PM has ever had to face.

Nick_C

mayonnaise wrote: »

Yeah but that's in Discussion Time, MSE's equivalent of the Daily Mail comment section.

Well I don't see anything in this superfluous thread about either house prices or the economy!

Mortgagefreeman

mayonnaise wrote: »

Not really...
Begs the question why brexiteers are creaming their pants about it.

Really?Evidence?

mayonnaise wrote: »

I accept the result and will move on.

Sapphire

Forgone conclusion…

Just invoke Article 50 quickly! Delay does no one any good (though I suppose one ought to be thankful that certain parties/individuals who are destroying their own parties by their attempts to scupper our democratic vote, are losing all credibility). :dance:

steampowered

It seems like a bit of a mountain in a molehill to me. The government now simply has to put forward legislation in parliament, which shouldn't take too long.

I can't imagine the government would have too much difficulty given that the Conservatives have a majority in the House of Commons.

I doubt the Lords would block it either. Even if the Lords did block it, that would delay matters but could ultimately be overriden under the Parliament Act.

Malthusian

Filo25 wrote: »

Not sure why the government wasted time and money appealing it.

Because it's baited pompous MPs into standing up every day and declaring that "the Will of Parliament must be respected" and suchlike. When Parliament passes the Article 50 bill (as they will) they are hoist by their own petard. They won't be able to lift a finger against the withdrawal process without someone pointing out "but you said that Parliament must be respected and Parliament voted for Brexit".

TrickyTree83

Malthusian wrote: »

Because it's baited pompous MPs into standing up every day and declaring that "the Will of Parliament must be respected" and suchlike. When Parliament passes the Article 50 bill (as they will) they are hoist by their own petard. They won't be able to lift a finger against the withdrawal process without someone pointing out "but you said that Parliament must be respected and Parliament voted for Brexit".

Also counting the MSP Nicola Sturgeon in those being hoisted. I don't know if it was the intended result of the appeal but it's worked out well.

mayonnaise

Parliament will have a vote on triggering art.50 and will most likely vote to trigger art.50.
I already told you guys not to get too excited about this ruling.

Or in the words of Geoffrey Robertson, QC,

Parliament can repeal tomorrow what it passes today.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-article-50-uk-eu-delay-after-next-election-a7543376.html

A_Medium_Size_Jock

mayonnaise wrote: »

Parliament will have a vote on triggering art.50 and will most likely vote to trigger art.50.
I already told you guys not to get too excited about this ruling.

Or in the words of Geoffrey Robertson, QC,

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-article-50-uk-eu-delay-after-next-election-a7543376.html

Once Article 50 is put forward however that point (parliamentary repeal) becomes irrelevant in this case.
It has been made perfectly clear that once Article 50 is invoked the UK will leave.

padington

Everyone knows its going to be all milk and honey after article 50.











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