“New Judge, jno has it here, if it has gone in favour of 'Remain' there would be no 'legal challenges' as nothing would be changing”
Yes, I quite understand that, Eddie. What I’m trying to get at is that (and I hate to use such a term) there seems to be a considerable element of “sour grapes” among the Remainers. The electorate voted to leave. The legal challenge that has just taken place, whilst I fully agree with the principle to be tested and indeed the result, need not have been made. There will be no difference in triggering A50 between the PM doing so under executive powers and her doing it with permission of Parliament. I can only assume that the challenge was made with the intent of thwarting Brexit.
Despite her announcements during her campaign, Ms Miller does not strike me as a person who is overly concerned with upholding Parliamentary democracy. She and her friends launched this action because they did not like the result of the referendum and sought (and will continue to seek) ways to annul it. Not an option open to Brexiteers I accept and I could not say with any confidence that they would not stoop to taking similar measures it was. But it simply smells of sour grapes. I stated quite categorically before the vote that if it returned a Remain result I would be bitterly disappointed but I would respect it and move on. I just wish some of the Remainers would do the same.