Supreme Court Brexit ruling: What happens next? (sorry; accidentally posted an earlier news item)

[LeftishBrit]

Last edited Wed Jan 25, 2017, 07:30 PM - Edit history (1)

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.

What will the prime minister do next and what impact will the ruling have on the process of leaving the EU, following last year's referendum vote?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38721650

[Hokie]

1. This is older news

The British Supreme Court upheld the ruling that Parliament must vote before Article 50 is invoked.

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2016-0196-press-summary.pdf

[RogueTrooper]

2. Thus far we know...

The crux of the ruling: Parliament has to vote on the matter; royal perogative cannot be used. The other parliaments: Stormont; Holyrood and the Welsh Assembly have no legistlative right to affect either the triggering of A50 or the composition of the UK's exit aggreement with the EU: The SNP are crying crocodile tears and Stormont is too busy with an election to really care about the ruling.

2. Corbyn is wants to use a 3 line whip to force Labour MPs to vote for the government's motion to trigger A50. This is probably going to cause a substantial number of his shadow cabinet to either resign or ignore the leader and dare him to sack them. Fingers crossed he either a) shows some common sense and backs down or b) fucks off in ignomy afterwards. Neither are sadly likely.

[DavidDvorkin]

4. Question from an American

Why is Corbyn supporting the government instead of using this possible opportunity to stop Brexit?

[LeftishBrit]

5. It's puzzling. Two reasons, I think

(1) The Labour Party is threatened in some of its heartland constituencies by UKIP and there is an attempt to appease the potential defectors. Both Tories and Labour are afraid of UKIP, even though it's only got one MP; (2) I think Corbyn is fundamentally a left-wing Eurosceptic, who is suspicious of the capitalist side of the EU (and the EU is not perfect; but EU membership is a good deal better than marooning ourselves on a desert island, and MUCH better than selling our country off to Trump). It is known that Corbyn voted Out in 1975, and I strongly suspect that he voted Leave in the 2016 referendum - just as I suspect that Boris Johnson voted Remain!

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Thanks

I suppose that thinking Parliament might stop it is unrealistic.

[LeftishBrit]

3. Some people might want to consider signing this petition started by Labour Against Brexit

https://www.change.org/p/jeremy-corbyn-mp-give-mp-s-a-free-vote-on-brexit

[BooScout]

7. Thanks for that...