Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by on Wednesday January 25 2017, @05:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the we've-always-been-at-war-with-eurasia dept.

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that Parliament must vote on and approve of invoking Article 50 which triggers arrangements for leaving the European Union:

The Supreme Court has dismissed the government's appeal in a landmark case about Brexit, meaning Parliament will be required to give its approval before official talks on leaving the EU can begin. The ruling is a significant, although not totally unexpected, setback for Theresa May.

[...] The highest court in England and Wales has dismissed the government's argument that it has the power to begin official Brexit negotiations with the rest of the EU without Parliament's prior agreement. By a margin of eight to three, the 11 justices upheld November's High Court ruling which stated that it would be unlawful for the government to rely on executive powers known as the royal prerogative to implement the outcome of last year's referendum.

Also at NYT, WSJ, and The Guardian.

Previously: Brexit Court Defeat for UK Government


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by fritsd on Wednesday January 25 2017, @08:09PM

    by fritsd (4586) on Wednesday January 25 2017, @08:09PM (#458628) Journal

    I do have some appreciation for the meaning of the old word "thing", or spelled "þing": Thing [wikipedia.org].

    It's a bit self-referential: if the people of the community are gathered, then what they decide, is what the people have decided. Of course that can be subverted, I haven't seen Leni Riefenstahl's film but I've heard about it.

    One day, shortly after the 2008 crash, our local city council decided to declare roads in our small village as "private", so that they could renege on maintenance costs for a few decades.

    My neighbour came to my house to ask me to follow him to a meeting in town (he gave me a lift, we didn't have a car yet then). In the aula I saw a Kommun representative, and practically all of the village (at least 100 of the circa 200 people (we didn't have the 200 asylum seekers yet, then)).
    I could understand only a fraction of the discussion with my crap Swedish, but I got the feeling that I witnessed direct democracy: the local government wanted to do something less nice to its people, well the people are here, speak to them face-to-face then to explain why there is no more money for road maintenance in the rural outskirts.
    (It was al very civilized).

    PS I'm impressed that the Icies have been doing things for nearly 1100 years! [wikipedia.org]

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +2  
       Interesting=2, Total=2
    Extra 'Interesting' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   4