It’s an odd one this. Back in time there were a group of people who
said that the UK parliament had to have a say in whether the government could trigger Article
50. They went to UK's Supreme Court in
2017 where they argued that it was parliament
that had to trigger it because of the implications of triggering it.
One of these implications, they argued, was that
once triggered the clock was ticking and we would leave the European Union on a
specific date with or without a deal. It was MPs that should decide if we should set the clock ticking. MPs then, by an overwhelming majority, backed the triggering of Article 50.
Fast forward. That’s same group of MPs are now saying we
should force parliament, MPs, themselves, to revoke Article 50. Yes, the very thing they demanded a say in approving, they are now saying, in effect, we want to overturn
what we overwhelmingly backed a short while ago.
What are the people of the UK meant to
think? On one hand MPs say, let’s trigger
Article 50, and then now they say, let’s stop Article 50.
Couldn’t make it up
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