"bert" wrote in message news


The judiciary in Northern Ireland has taken the exactly opposite view

If you read the judgement you'll see they pointed out where the
NI Court were wrong. As they failed to acknowledge what both
sides in this case do acknowledge, that invoking Article 50 will
directly affect UK Law.

They made the further point that the Royal Perogative cannnot be
used to remove rights or freedoms currently enjoyed by UK citizens.
A simple example would be the present right of UK citizens to travel
freely within the EU. Such rights or freedoms can only be removed by
an Act of Parliament, not by a PM invoking article 50. At least short
of the Declaration of a State of Emergency.

Anyone reading the judgement might rightly question how anyone
ever thought the Govt had a hope of winning.

Their whole case, such as it was, seemed to revolve around the
fact that because Parliament hadn't specifically passed a law
preventing them from by-passing Parliament in this way, then
they could just do it.







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bert