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'Benn Act' Legal Bid Dismissed

Campaigners' bid to get courts to order no-deal Brexit delay dismissed.http://news.sky.com/story/campaigners-bid-to-get-courts-to-order-no-deal-brexit-delay-fails-11829971

Sue Hammond ● 2592d4 Comments

And apparently being appealed. Watch this space ... at least the lawyers are doing well out of Brexit!

Michael Ixer ● 2592d

Well, the title of the article is misleading.What they (the campaigners) wished to do was to ensure that the PM would write to the EU to request and extension if no deal was in place by 19 October 2019.  They argued that statements made by the government showed that it could not be trusted.Lord Pentland said there "can be no doubt" that the PM had agreed to abide by the law.As a result, he said there was no need for "coercive orders" against the UK government or the PM.And he said it would be "destructive of one of the core principles of constitutional propriety and of the mutual trust that is the bedrock of the relationship between the court and the Crown" if the PM reneged on his assurances to the court.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2592d

Exactly. Of course he’s going to extend. He just wants to be seen to be forced into it by parliament and the courts so he can push his “man of the People versus the Establishment” act when the election comes.  We will hear even more about him being as the only person in the entire country determined to back the Will of the People.  He’ll get the Brexit vote of course but he might lose a lot more moderates so we’ll just get another hung parliament. Of course if there’s a second referendum before or even instead of an election we might just be able to put the whole nightmare to bed. I’m not holding my breath though. I rather feel there is no way out of this that will satisfy the majority of the country.

Jonathan Callaway ● 2592d

I just wish Boris would stop this Trump-like politics.  It is really unacceptable.I agree with you about the second referendum.  Unless people really listen and learn (please watch the programme What Britain buys and sells), nobody will be satisfied.  We need an informed vote, not "pies in the sky". Boris went into the Leave campaign as a game, never thinking it would win.  Today, the reality is completely different. He just plays the "macho" strong man, along the Trump lines, and I wish he would just stop and make proper proposals and substantiate his line of thought. Bullying is unacceptable!

Ivonne Holliday ● 2592d