No Contest For Smug &^%$ Of The Year Award!

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4154094/What-s-truth-Gina-Miller.html

[sunny-dave]

Not often I get to use work from a lawyer for free :)

[ToraToraTora]

there's a lot ahead of me in that queue AOG. Now if something were to happen to Ms Miller.....

[anotheoldgit]

/// Miller is fooling no one when she claims to have been motivated by a passion to uphold the sovereignty of Parliament. ///

/// We all know her real desire to reverse the result of the referendum — a result, remember, that made her ‘physically sick’. ///

/// The bottom line is this: her side lost, she didn’t like it — and so she used her privilege to secure a top legal team to find a way of helping ‘Mummy do something’. ///

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4154394/Gina-s-no-martyr-s-pushy-Posh-Mum-writes-VINE.html

[ToraToraTora]

are we not allowed to name call ed? or is it only me?

[Zacs-Master]

Or, to put it another, non sensational tabloidesque way, she exercised her democratic right to have the legal position investigated and it was found, by an independent panel of Judges, that the Government had promised something which couldn't be delivered, because it was unconstitutional, due to the fact that it would be contra to certain laws of the land.

[Peter Pedant]

has anyone said that our very own 3T whould stand for "schmuk of the year" ?

[anotheoldgit]

ToraToraTora

/// are we not allowed to name call ed? or is it only me? ...

It would seem that some are unable to contribute to a perfectly reasonable thread, without their need to be abusive.

[jno]

the result is what it is - and was intended to be binding on the Government

sorry, no, sunny dave, it was only ever advisory, as referendums are. Enoch Powell pointed this out in reference to the first EEC referendum, saying Parliament was still sovereign, and so it is. MPs are free to give the result whatever weight they choose; and those in constitutencies that voted to remain may reasonably vote in support of their electors' views.

[sunny-dave]

Zacs - I'd merely edit - "used her democratic right ***and her huge wealth*** " ...

... if you or I had fancied having a go at this, we'd have been laughed all the way out of court.

The law exists as a tool for the rich and privileged - or, occasionally, the poor and legally aided.

Us poor *** in the middle can only stare from outside with our noses against the window.

[jno]

aog, this thread was abusive from the start, as the term Smug &^%$ Of The Year suggests.

[Mamyalynne]

Some are also able to type titles and answers without thinly disguised expletives.

[Zacs-Master]

Sunny D. then I'm, very glad there are such wealthy people around to ensure that the Government do not overide the laws of the land.

[New Judge]

So long as their motives are sincere.

[Zacs-Master]

I ain't too bothered about their motives NJ. I don't see a negative side to this.

[New Judge]

The negative side is that it was unnecessary. I agree it was a perfectly acceptable option for any citizen to exercise (though I agree with earlier sentiments that it was unlikely to be entertained from anybody without the necessary connections). But that is besides the point. The effect of triggering A50 will be the same whether it is done via executive privilege or by Act of Parliament. It will simply start the process of the UK's withdrawal. The only reason an individual would want to see that process subject to challenge is because there is a chance that the entire process will be derailed.

The notion that Ms Miller wants to ensure the primacy of the UK Parliament is absolutely absurd and insulting to the intelligence. Any supporter of the UK's membership of the EU has no interest in the primacy of the Westminster Parliament. The two things are incompatible. Ms Miller said that the result of referendum made her physically sick. Her challenge was unnecessary and was only made in an effort to overcome her sickness.

[ichkeria]

I'm sure we would all condemn the threats of sexual violence and rape against this lady.

[ToraToraTora]

bang on as usual judge, she's an attention seeking harridan who places her own opinion above that of the country, she wants to punish the little people for giving the "wrong" answer. She couldn't care less about parliament.

[Zacs-Master]

NJ, you can't say it was unnecessary and then go on to say 'there's a chance that the whole process will be derailed'. If it were unnecessary then the status quo would remain. But if it could derail the process, the status quo could be changed.

As for your claim that she only did it to get over her sickness. Well........

[jno]

apparently not, ichkeria...