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Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
At a basic Janet and John level, all the case has done is make the government accountable to parliament.
And in doing so confirmed the sovereignty of parliament.
Nothing more, nothing less.
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The implication of today's judgment is that the government must win on appeal to the Supreme Court or successfully get legislation through Parliament authorising them to send notice of withdrawal under Article 50. It's not inconceivable today's ruling will be overturned but it will require some serious mental gymnastics for the SC.
it seems quite possible the appeal will fail and we get stuck in parliamentary quagmire. None of this means Brexit will not happen and on balance I reckon it probably still will happen but the route to the exit door will be slower and more tortured.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/high-court-ruling-article-50-brexit-eu-referendum-parliamentary-vote-leaving-european-union-british-a7395966.html
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Just get on with it FFS
Nice to see 38 Degrees parking an email around today talking of the DIY Brexit. Basically they accept we shall leave and it's talking about how MPs could get involved in order to make Brexit truly about improving things for the British people. No moaning, no whining, looking to the future.
Dacre and the Mail in particular today have gone into full tin foil hat, 'they're out ta get me', woo-woo mode.
Full attack on the judges personally with hardly a mention of the judgment itself.
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Labour are supporting Brexit but what will now happen is a divergence of views - Labour and the SNP will want access to the single market at all cost, passporting, would be happy with free movement and will want to keep most of the EU laws etc. The Tories will want to control immigration, repeal EU labour laws and will take it or leave it with the single market. No agreement - no vote. A general election next year may be the only solution. How to make your country a laughing stock in one easy lesson.
Cameron has a lot to answer for ... he's now officially my worst PM ever for getting us into this mess.
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That was exactly my thought when I heard a radio station read out increasingly vituperative texts about remain/ leave this morning.
As we speak that bastard Cameron is probably hard at work on his memoirs and sounding out scriptwirters for his forthcoming tour of US campuses and business meetings. He's walked away laughing all the way to the bank, the prick.
What a bloody mess.
And in no way has this put the argument to bed on the Tory benches. I tell you, the ghost of Enoch Powell stalks this country and Parliament at the moment. I'm not just talking about febrile community tensions either. I'm talking about the scorched earth logic that's taken hold in the minds of many. The Headbangers like Redwood, Hannan et al will never rest now.
Likewise guys like Rees Mogg and Kwarteng. Although neither is a lawyer you would have thought that the levels of education these sons of privilege have enjoyed should not have desensitized them to such central concepts as the sovereignty of Crown in Parliament and the separation of powers. Clever people who are prepared to play fast and loose with constitutional norms born of centuries of struggle (and no small amount of bloodshed in the seventeenth century) are extremely dangerous.
On yesterday's decision I'd love to see the advice the government got before the referendum and during the passage of the legislation enabling the referendum. If you go back through Hansard you can see that Salmond asked a very probing question on whether the government thought a vote in Parliament would be needed prior to giving notice under A50. Now I can't stand Salmond but credit to him for having the foresight to perceive the risks and weaknesses of legislating for a purely advisory referendum while giving the voting public the impression it would have binding effect. At first the Secretary of State equivocated in response to Salmond but came back later in the debate (intra day) affirming that legal advice confirmed no vote would be necessary. So much for that advice. Does it even exist? I'm sceptical.
...well, you'd be too good for me.
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