Mishcon Del Reya

[CrapAtCryptics]

I`m curious who is paying this company to mount the challenge reported today http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36700350 - they should be obliged to name the person / company so we can know where we stand in relationship to their partiality. Parliament is elected by, and works for, the public so trying to overturn the most honest vote in terms of all votes counting is subverting democracy in its truest sense.

[grumpy01]

The likelihood of "Brexit" taking place anytime soon are diminishing by the day.If it does not happen or happens in a diluted form then many of the 17+ million who voted for Brexit will,rightly or wrongly,turn their back on the ballot box for good and voter apathy is no good to anyone.

[jno]

eh? They're trying to ensure a significant political action is debated in Parliament. Why is that subverting democracy?

[CrapAtCryptics]

debating it is not the issue - having a vote is - why should 650 MPs with all kinds of biasesand pressures decide over 17 million

[jno]

because that's the way the country is run. People fought and died for centuries to set up Britain's parliamentary democracy. Have you got bored with it already?

[ladybirder]

So if the MPs are going to decide why did they bother asking us then?

[NoMercy]

Mishcon De Reya represented Princess Diana and Heather Mills in their divorces.

[Old_Geezer]

This seems pointless, or had better be. Given all spokespersons have agreed to abide by the result of the referendum then all major parties should issue a three line whip to get it through 'on the nod', and then we can get on with deciding when to actually do it. Probably straight after the new PM has 'bedded in'.

Who are these morons causing this irrelevant fuss though ? I think that the public has a right to know.

[Togo]

Mishcon Del Reya is an anagram of "Liars Con My Head".

[jno]

parliament is sovereign - Enoch Powell pointed this out at the time of the last referendum. That's British democracy. You want to abolish it and decide everything by referendum? Go ahead.

[Togo]

Democracy demands that the will of the public carries more validity than the opinion of the few temporary politicians. That is what we fought for.

[Old_Geezer]

Would love to but most of us have jobs and need someone to do the non-controversial day-to-day running. Besides referendums are for important issues and *ought* to be binding since direct democracy is more democratic than "representative democracy".

[Bertrum]

It’s just another example of the jiggery-pokery that those supporting remain will resort to in an attempt to subvert the decision of the electorate. I have no objection to it being debated in parliament the only MPs that I expect to vote against invoking article 50 are the SNP as OG has stated “all spokespersons have agreed to abide by the result of the referendum”

[CrapAtCryptics]

Cameron offered us a referendum, he didnt have to, and then resigned when he didnt get the result he wanted - if he wants paying he should stop being a COWARD and start the process in a dignified manner insted of running for cover when the hard work starts.

[Togo]

The head man appears to be Kasra Nouroozi a cross border fraud specialist lawyer born Tehran, Iran. The hotbed of democratic practices. No work for him there then?

[fiction-factory]

Isn't a sign of democracy that our legal processes allow a legal challenge where the constitution/laws have not been followed, and even if the legal challenge fails it does no harm to keep the government on its toes in legal compliance matters
If a vote has to be held then so be it. The major parties (plus UKIP) but maybe excluding SNP and some Northern Ireland MPs would be foolish to overrule the public in my opinion- maybe strategic abstentions could be negotiated if necessary

[CrapAtCryptics]

Just some info for the market and currency panickers - the FTSE is 1200 points up on the lowest figure in the last year. Both the dollar and the Euro, if you look at the last year are where they would have been anyway - the majority of currencies are suffering a downward trend in the long term even the ones not involved in the EU.

[EDDIE51]

With over 75% of all MPs in favour of remaining in the EU and the entire SNP already pledged to vote as a block against it, there could be a problem getting a vote to trigger A50 through parliament! This is an attempt to make sure it is not slipped in without a vote. It has NOTHING to do with overturning the referendum but about making sure the action to start the formal exit process is debated.

[woofgang]

This is not news. Full Fact said that this needed to be a part of the process in their information long before the referendum happened....I don’t mean Mishcon Del Reya's being involved, I mean the requirement for parliament to debate and vote....I will find the link if I can.
As for “voter apathy being no good to anyone"....If I wanted to get my own way and voter apathy drastically reduced the number of people I needed to convince, I would say its a very good thing for me!

[ladybirder]

I know it's not news but it will be if MPs don't carry out the wishes of the people after they've talked about it.

[Togo]

Millions did vote woofgang. Far from being apathetic I am sure that many of the non voters were harbouring a distinct and very acute sense of antipathy, after the way the campaigns were conducted and the interference from non UK citizens attempting to influence them.