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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   Seems Brexit is dead! You were told the vote meant nothing.   
   Those in power rule...you will do as you are told.   
      
   Britain's Supreme Court says the government must get parliamentary approval   
   before starting the process of leaving the European Union, potentially   
   delaying Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to trigger negotiations by the end   
   of March.   
      
   Supreme Court President David Neuberger says the vote was a majority of 8-3.   
   the court also unanimously decided that there's no need to consult Scotland,   
   Wales, Northern Ireland on Brexit.   
      
   British Attorney General Jeremy Wright said that the government will comply   
   with the ruling, and that a statement will be made in Parliament later.   
      
   Tuesday's ruling raises hopes among pro-EU politicians that they will be able   
   soften the terms of the U.K.'s withdrawal from the bloc. "Leave" campaigners   
   have objected, saying Parliament shouldn't have the power to overrule the   
   electorate, which voted    
   to leave the EU in a June 23 referendum.   
      
   May wanted to use centuries-old powers known as royal prerogative to invoke   
   Article 50 of the EU treaty and launch two years of exit talks. The powers —   
   traditionally held by the monarch —permit decisions about treaties and other   
   issues to be made    
   without a vote of Parliament.   
      
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