Brexit will need parliament vote, high court rules

 

     Brexit: for some it was breaking the chains of a European economy in decline, while for others, it was jumping of a plain without a parachute. Whatever British people might think, whatever they might have voted, Brexit might be for Great Britain a short lived fantasy.

   The High court of London has signed a bylaw giving the parliament the power to act by the article 50 of the European treaty in order to take a second look at the decision made earlier on June 3^rd about leaving the UE.

    The Brexit was brought back to the horizon because of the fact that 480 deputies among the 650 were with the decision to “stay” in the UE, and only 37% of the population was for leaving. Theresa May decided to start that debate again in order to get the ministers’ majority to vote the exit or the staying.

   Theresa May is “confident” she will get her way on Brexit in the Supreme Court, despite the Government’s legal case being savaged by Britain’s top judges.

   Downing Street insisted the case – to overturn the High Court and give the Prime Minister the right to trigger withdrawal under Article 50 – would go ahead and would be won.

   The confident tone came despite the shock resignation from Parliament of Conservative backbencher Stephen Phillips, after clashes with Ms May over Brexit, sparking another by-election.

   Yesterday’s High Court ruling was devastating for the Government – concluding its arguments had been contrary to “fundamental constitutional principles of the sovereignty of Parliament”.

   The judges said: “The court does not accept the argument put forward by the Government. There is nothing in the text of the 1972 Act [to join the EU] to support it."