There is a lot of misunderstanding of yesterday's legal decision and a lot of vitriol towards the judges in the Mail (they are described as enemies of the people - very dangerous stuff). David Davis and IDS were both on TV decrying the High Court and saying the people had made a decision.
But this is fundamentally wrong. The people were asked in an advisory referendum. No decision has been made yet and the whole purpose of the case was to decide who gets to make the decision. Is it parliament or is it the executive? The court decided, quite rightly it must be parliament.
It would be a surprise if the Supreme Court were to disagree with the judgement. Only parliament can take away rights give to us by parliament. If it were otherwise parliament itself would be irrelevant.
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