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Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU, the High Court has ruled.
This means the government cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - beginning formal exit negotiations with the EU - on its own.
Theresa May says the referendum - and existing ministerial powers - mean MPs do not need to vote, but campaigners called this unconstitutional.
The government is appealing, with a further hearing expected next month.
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A statement is to be made to MPs on Monday but the prime minister's official spokesman said the government had "no intention of letting" the judgement "derail Article 50 or the timetable we have set out. We are determined to continue with our plan".
Plebiscites only count when plebes vote the way they're told.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 04 2016, @06:17AM
The Union shall be indivisible! Launch nukes.
(Score: 2) by Aiwendil on Friday November 04 2016, @07:31AM
That would be interesting. The only EU-"countries" with nuclear weapons are france and uk, and they have roughly the same number of nuclear weapons as well.
And no - first strike will not settle a darn thing since both countries have the habit of having a couple of nuclear armed submarines in service and out of port at all times.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 04 2016, @03:28PM
Also we are close enough that we probably irradiate each other. Proper MAD.