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   Message 329,854 of 331,528   
   F Murtz to abelard   
   Re: UK Supreme Court rules parliamentary   
   25 Jan 17 23:39:09   
   
   XPost: uk.legal, alt.politics.uk   
   From: haggisz@hotmail.com   
      
   abelard wrote:   
   > On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 05:46:55 -0500, burfordTjustice   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Seems Brexit is dead!   
   >   
   > how do you arrive at that?   
   >   
   >> You were told the vote meant nothing.   
   >   
   > not by anyone of note   
   >   
   >> Those in power rule...you will do as you are told.   
   >   
   > well, i wouldn't let you out on your own   
   >   
   >> Britain's Supreme Court says the government must get parliamentary approval   
   before starting the process of leaving the European Union,   
   >   
   > so what?   
   >   
   >> potentially delaying Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to trigger   
   negotiations by the end of March.   
   >   
   > by two days?   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > wow, a court decided they should be in charge....   
   >   
   > when did any group ever decide to give up any power they supposed   
   >       they might have to interfere?   
   >   
   >> British Attorney General Jeremy Wright said that the government will comply   
   with the ruling, and that a statement will be made in Parliament later.   
   >   
   > and the pram moves slowly forward   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > the eussr will 'soften terms' at that point where they understand   
   >      they have no other choice   
   >   
   >> "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.   
   >   
   > and?   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > so?   
   >   
   >   
   > forecast...   
   > parliament will pass the bill after a minimum of posturing...   
   >   
   > if they dare do otherwise there will be an election...   
   >   
   > corvyd is just gagging for the chance with the latest poll   
   >      claiming that tories are 16 points ahead!!   
   > and with the kippers closing in rapidly on the fascist(new politics)   
   >       labour party and even the lib dems slowly recovering   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   Does not the government make laws and the courts interpret? if she has   
   the backing can not she and her government thwart whatever idiocy the   
   high court gets up to?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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