Now that would be ironic. Now if the Euro court upheld the decision the reaction in the press will be priceless. Currently we have the press that sometimes thinks itself above the law admonishing the letter of the law. Can't see the Government going that far as would only add more delay, more cost and probably quite embarassing.

Would be surprised if the Supreme Court do not uphold the judgement already given. Then we get a more balanced and sensible consideration of what our exit actual is and how it is implemented. While there is the technical ability to hamper any decision, maybe a few delays but ultimately it being introduced. Longer term a clearer more engaged Parliament in the decision on our exit will help to reduce the divisions that there currently are in the country.

The frothing at the mouth displayed by the tabloids today has hit new levels. Even if Article 50 has to be voted for by parliament there's little to no chance of it not going through. Most MPs have already accepted the referendum decision. I'd say the likes of Murdoch, Desmond and Rothermere are more concerned that they may not get the hard Brexit they want for some reason.

The emotive language used is way OTT. To say it's the gravest crisis since 1940 is ridiculous.

The UK press make our politicians look honourable.
They used to call the Tabloids the "gutter press" but we should look at the owners of these publications not just the news print.
Everyone likes to read a decent story but, these days the content is heavily manipulated to create an angle, making it more and more difficult to discern the truth.

As you say, there would be a revolt if Parliament doesn't carry out the wishes of the people but, with the possibility of a snap election, this could drag on and on and regardless of which side of the fence you are on, the Country and the people within it, need stability, which is the one thing badly missing at present.

All the Remoaners feigned worry about the fate of the economy in the event of Brexit. Now they cheer a court case which will damage the economy due to prolonging the Brexit process and extending the period of uncertainty. This at a time when even chief Remoaner Carney suggests the economy was set to grow at twice the expected rate next year. Unless this is knocked on the head quickly we will have years of economic turmoil and the real possibility of serious civil unrest. The Remoaners are doing nobody a favour, least of all themselves.

As to different types of Brexit - it is all BS. The only Brexit we will have is the one we negotiate. All those calling for the govt to spell out what they are aiming for are dangerous idiots. If the government says "we are aiming for access to the single market without agreeing to regulations and free movement" does anybody seriously think 27 countries will give us that? On the other hand if we approach negotiations from a wholly different angle with that as the actual objective we could get it.

A Brexit with nothing changing in terms of free movement / acceptance of EU legislation / regulations would NOT be a Brexit at all. The starting point must be the willingness to accept "hard" Brexit - any other negotiating stance will get us nowhere.

yep nothings changed, brexit still happening.

maybe a watered down brexit now though!

Not really, it just means that May and the morons she's unfortunately surrounded herself with as her inner circle, cannot sit in a room by themselves and make the whole thing up as they go along, which is basically what they've been doing.

This ruling doesn't mean Brexit isn't happening (as you said), just that the conversation will be had in parliament, the government can be held to account as they rightly should be, and ultimately the way in which Brexit is undertaken and negotiated will be decided democratically.

Those who voted leave who've been using the word 'democracy' when discussing the referendum result can't suddenly moan that Brexit will now be conducted in a democratic fashion. Total hypocrisy. You can't pick & choose when you want democracy and when you don't.

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Unfortunately, Farage and Boris proclaiming "independence day" was a little premature.

We simply have to gain access to the EU "free market" but, as we would be wanting access, without the free movement of labour, one would expect that this access wont come cheap.
Also, all the banging on about EU regulations (pre referendum) and wanting rid of them will prove to be utter nonsense if we wish to sell any of our goods into the EU
It stands to reason that, anything sold into the EU will have to comply to EU regulations.

The more time that passes and you realise just how embeded the UK lifestyle and culture is with the EU and quite frankly both sides still need each other just as much now as they did prior to the result.

Of course, there is plenty of hot air on both side but, ultimately, we are likely to end up not too far away from where we started.

First thing any A-level history student learns is never to use the term "the people" to describe an opinion. There's no such thing. "The people" have never been united on anything, and when politicians talk of the verdict of "the people", all they're doing is trying to silence opposition (or they were too thick to do A Level history!). 17m voted Leave. 16m voted Remain. 30m didn't vote because they either couldn't, or chose not to. There may be some out there who think "The British People" are just 17m strong, and the other 46m disappeared on 23rd June, but they're probably far-right newspaper demagogues.

Secondly, I've heard this guff about a revolt if Brexit isn't carried out several times. It's nonsense. And the reason it's nonsense is that there's a huge misrepresentation in the press leading to a popular myth arising that Brexit supporters were the "left-behinds": working-age, working-class people of the sort found on endless vox-pops on news programmes. Problem is, it's garbage. The majority of Brexit supporters were pensioners and Tories. They aren't going to express their outrage on the streets - after all, it's hard to take on a police horse with a zimmer frame. They get their far-right mouthpieces like the Express, Mail and Sun to do it for them. Most working people voted Remain, and the younger you were, the more likely you were to vote Remain. So if (and this won't happen, sadly, because our polticians are cowardly gets) Parliament now refused to invoke Article 50, thereby doing its job and saving the country from self-harm, I would personally volunteer to police any demo, if only for the opportunity of kicking the stick away from some clueless Tory pensioner who thinks it's still 1954.

I must fall into the too thick brigade



I agree that there will be no rioting on the street or, that its very, very unlikely.

Those that didn't bother to vote get what they deserve (in either direction) but, the rest of us should accept the result, much as it pains to do so.
It's still staggering just how poor the planning seems to be for life outside the EU.

I dont think that Parliment has refused to invoke article 50, indeed, they have said that this will happen in March 2018.
Whether this will still be possible, in light of the legal stuff, remains to be seen.

There is still plenty of water to flow under the proverbial bridge before we move outside the EU and the Country's future, far from being secure, now that we have "taken back control", seems as uncertain as ever.

Not since the war, have we been in such a mess but at least then, we had direction and a collective desire for a better future.

Watching QT and various other political discussions it's interesting to see various opposition politicians suggesting they want the ' starting position ' for our negotiations out in the open , surely our starting position is free access to everything , complete control of immigration , continued sharing of research and security information , ie , everything we want that's best for us

And Similarily the EU countries will want no access ( or at least expensive taffifs ) free movement of people and hopefully continued sharing of research and security information , ie everything that's best for them

And after negotiations we end up somewhere in the middle

But you don't declare your hand at the start

It seems to me some are looking at how their own personal and party ambitions can be improved even if it damages the country by prolonging the process

Self harm is good. Keep telling yourself that.

400 million people and three of the top 10 economies in the world will just bend over and give us a very generous divorce settlement after being abused for years. Of course they will, especially as that might encourage other countries and their right wing frothy mouthed fringe to agitate more. Don't think they'll miss Hungary any time soon, though.

You have to remember they are negotiating from a position of abject weakness at this point in time. The German and Italian banking systems are on the verge of collapse, Germany is telling Merkel to keep UK in at all costs, etc

Germany is in a position of weakness compared to us?

Jesus wept...

And well he might, I wish we could be as weak as Germany, I really do. especially now we have shot ourselves in the groin.

If Germany is on the verge of collapse, then we must be on par with Rawanda...

Have you visited London these last few years? There is at least 10 times the office cod space of 35 years ago and still expanding. The financial sector brings in more overseas revenues than the systems of USA, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany and Singapore combined - and that's before legal and accountancy services are added. This country is booming like it has not done since Victorian times. Trouble is most Brits would rather stay near their Mum's and moan about poor jobs rather than getting on their bikes I like the literally millions who have moved from abroad to London for jobs (without family support networks). The only issue we have here is lazy people.

Have you visited London these last few years? There is at least 10 times the office space of 35 years ago and still expanding. The financial sector brings in more overseas revenues than the systems of USA, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany and Singapore combined - and that's before legal and accountancy services are added. This country is booming like it has not done since Victorian times. Trouble is most Brits would rather stay near their Mum's and moan about poor jobs rather than getting on their bikes. Unlike the literally millions who have moved from abroad to London for jobs (without family support networks). The only issue we have here is lazy people.

Sorry to have to break this to you, Dally but most if not all of the decisions to invest in this infrastructure was made before we voted to leave. All bets are now off, entirely self inflicted.

More fool us.

I don''t see you point.

Don't want to be rude, but what don't you understand?

Most of the expansion has nothing to do with EU membership. This obsession with putting everything down to EU membership is bizarre.

In 2010 Inner London had the highest GDP per capita of any region in the world in purchasing power parity terms -- higher than Washington DC, San Francisco Bay, Luxembourg, etc

You could also argue that this situation arose whilst we were part of the EU so, perhaps it isnt the worst situation to be in ?

This past week has been hilarious! People actually believe, sorry, 17 million uneducated racists believe we could just leave the EU based on a poll, sorry, referendum and then when 3 judges abide by constitutional law, the racists are in uproar. Even the likes of the daily mail didn't understand the process. Some random tweet summed it up
Racist: we want our democracy back
3 high court judges: there you go
Racist: not that democracy

Regards

King James