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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: 2) by turgid on Friday November 04 2016, @08:30PM
There really should be another general election now, morally speaking, because the Conservative Party has completely changed tack from the manifesto upon which it won the 2015 general election. In the last couple of weeks, two Conservative MPs have resigned from the government. By my reckoning, that makes their majority down to 11 now. If a few more rebel over Theresa May's authoritarian anti-democratic stance, there could be a vote of no confidence in the government and a general election.
Don't forget that the Liberal Democrats are poised to make a come back, even though Labour is perceived as being weak, so a Tory landslide is not a certainty. The Liberal Democrats, of the three main parties, are the ones who are explicitly anti-Brexit. Their policy is not to leave the EU. Labour are confused. Corbyn comes across as indecisive.
Interesting times indeed.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].