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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, @06:31PM
You're not insightful, you're cynical. The general populace is perfectly capable of deciding a LOT of things, in fact we basically do so already every election cycle. I follow the 90/10 rule which says that 90% of human beings are generally decent good people, and 10% are liars and cheats. I would much prefer to bank on the 90% of good people than the politicians who end up almost exclusively in the 10% bucket after corruption settles in.
The US is big on self-determination, but apparently the will of the people makes no dent in actual US policy. Multiple wars the general populace doesn't like? Too bad, lets shoot some college protesters. People want us out of the middle east and to close gitmo? TOO BAD!
Yeah, fuck your idea of politicians being better, they are not held accountable and they steal the ability for our country to be one of conscience. This discussion pairs well with the recent trend in promoting dictatorships, not that I'm accusing you of doing so. There is a very real media campaign to disenfranchise people of their power, to make us feel dependent on government and corporations to keep us safe. Cheran is doing alright http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37612083 [bbc.com]
I'm not a fan of 100% direct democracy for every little thing, but we need to move closer that direction instead of back towards oligarchy. Again, I'll take the mistakes of the general populace (which could be easily rolled back by another vote if things aren't working out) over the deliberate destruction / selling-out done by the usual politicians.