Scotland and others expected to join Brexit legal challenge: lead claimant

[inanna]

Source: Reuters

Sun Nov 6, 2016 | 4:36am EST


Scotland's devolved government is expected to join a legal challenge against the British government's plans to trigger an exit from the European Union, the lead claimant in the court case said on Sunday
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A British court ruled on Thursday that the government needs parliamentary approval to start the process of leaving the European Union, potentially delaying Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans.

The government said it would appeal against the High Court ruling and Britain's Supreme Court is expected to consider the case early next month.

"We are expecting a number of governments to join us," Gina Miller, an investment manager leading the court case against the government, told the BBC. "But their case will be different to ours. They will be talking about their own particular interests."

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[LeftishBrit]

1. The whole thing is insane

Both Scotland and Northern Ireland voted strongly to Remain. In other countries, you can't pass a constitutional amendment, which this essentially is, without a majority - sometimes a supermajority - of constituent states as well as voters. Only 2 out of 4 constituent countries of the UK voted for Brexit.

And the Brexiteers claimed that they wanted sovereignty of the British parliament and British laws enforced by British judges. But they are now totally against Parliament having a vote on Brexit, and incensed at the High Court judges who ruled in favour of a parliamentary vote on it (the government is now appealing). Screaming tabloid headlines about the judges being 'ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE'. Vicious tabloid character assassinations of Gina Miller (involving racism - she is Guyanese by origin) and the judges (including homophobia; one of them is in a same-sex marriage).

[Ford_Prefect]

2. The British "Tea Party" wing has discovered that you have to count the chickens after they hatch.

...And its a bloody mess when they all come home to roost, ain't it?

Like the GOP here they want to have their cake and eat it too. No rule of law need be applied.

[Helen Borg]

3. Good!

[paleotn]

4. Oh, to hell with them.....

...let the nut cakes have their wee independent ENGLAND. Alba should be out of there and back in the EU. NI can do what they like.