EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

banging sticks together...

I've seen them armed with flower garlands...

"Morris" was a corruption of Moorish, meaning from the Moors in North Africa.

So. Morris dancers are North African terrorists armed with biological weapons.

In other news, the Brexit court case decision is due "after 10am" according to the FT (which has controversially being "pinking up" its pages for years, due to some archaic tradition)

Many Norwegians in East Lancs?

I dunno, maybe?

Excellent. The Government has lost. Parliament gets to vote on Article 50.

Government defeated!

To Wetherspoons!

Finally some good news, for a change.

desklel

Excellent

I'd rather be a citizen of nowhere than a cunt.

High court says parliament must vote on triggering article 50 - Politics live

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2016/nov/03/article-50-high-court-ruling-high-court-set-to-rule-on-whether-mps-should-vote-on-triggering-article-50-politics-live

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37857785

Link to the good news BUT government will appeal. Still, perhaps that means proper conversations on something that affects everyone :)

You can be both if you want ;)

Cue the confusing Daily Mail front page outrage of the courts taking away our sovereignty!

Yay, the pound has jumped... perhaps the LFGSS bills will go down now rather than up?

I'm not so sure that an appeal is inevitable. Might just cot their losses, accept outcome and change tack.

There will be an appeal but the judgement looks pretty final; if triggering article 50 changes UK laws then parliament has to vote on it.

^ sorry, didn't mean to click reply

They've asked for permission to appeal straight to Supreme Court? Maybe they could appeal to European Court of Justice if that doen't work out #DailyMailgasm

#wtafigo

East Lancs, surely Bacup Borough fans.

They could appeal to the European Court of Justice.

Oh.

I'm not so sure that an appeal is inevitable.

Doesn't this administration, particularly May, have a track history of always appealing decisions that don't go in their favour?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/03/people-moving-to-uk-arent-taking-british-jobs-says-george-osborne

Maybe, I don't know about that.

It just seems that its quite a risk to appeal and lose given that it would take the process perilously close to the self imposed end of March A50 deadline.

Perhaps better to accept defeat and win over Parliament. Or perhaps they can do both? Appeal and appease just in case?