Judges ruled that
before Theresa
May can triggered
Article 50,
Parliament must
take a vote.
The landmark ruling has left
her plan to start Britain's
departure from the EU in a
tight corner. She planned
to set Article 50 off using
royal prerogative and only
offer MPs a vote on the
result of negotiations. Now
this is legally impossible
after judges at the High
Court ruled that MPs must
have their say on the prime
ministers negotiating plan.
Downing Street will be
appealing against the High
Courts ruling at the Supreme
Court, but if they lose their
case May's plan to evoke
Article 50 by the end of
March may be a little more
difficult. The prime minister
had promised EU leaders
that Article 50 will be moved
by this time - now she's at
the peril of Parliament.
The ruling brings hope to
MPs who wanted Britain
to remain the EU's single
market, or at least have
access to, rather than a Hard
Brexit as Mrs May suggested
at the Tory Party Conference
earlier this year. Though the
ruling hasn't be welcomed
with opened arms by
everyone, with Farage
saying "A betrayal may now
be at hand".
Campaigners, led by Gina
Miller, launched legal action
as there is no constitutional
right allowing the
Government to make moves
that will lead to UK citizen's
losing their rights - only
Parliament could make such
a huge decision. Gina Miller
insists this isn't an attempt
to block the Brexit vote, but
to "answer a fundamental
legal question about the
powers that can be used
by the prime minister and
whether they can sidestep
parliament".
After the ruling, the judges
said they weren't interested
"with the merits of leaving
the EU", asserting that this
case was 'a pure question
of law."
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HIGH COURT RULES MAY MUST GIVE PARLIAMENT A SAY BEFORE TRIGGERING ARTICLE 50
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