Yesterday Sir David Edward former British ECJ judge appeared on the BBC interviewed by @BBCSimonMcCoy. He explained that the British public had been woefully misinformed by the Leave campaign about the role of the ECJ and the EU in general.
It is apposite that Sky News are now badging all of their Brexit coverage with the label ‘Brexit Crisis’. For the political crisis which has been incipient since, at least, the 2017 General Election is now well underway, and will almost certainly intensify.
The time has come to revoke Article 50
21/12/2018
Westminster has yet to see it, but it will not be long before the reality becomes impossible to avoid.
UK can cancel Brexit by unilaterally revoking Article 50, European Court of Justice rules
10/12/2018
The ruling matches legal advice given to the court last week by its advocate general, who said as a sovereign country Britain could reverse its decision even at this late stage. The legal decision is significant because means Britain could prevent a no-deal Brexit from happening if it wanted.
Tom Tugendhat suggests Britain could withdraw by 24 August but No 10 says idea not under consideration.
Ex-Nato chief accuses ministers of ‘clumsy’ approach after letter triggering article 50 appeared to threaten defence cooperation
Longest-serving supreme court justice says healthy democracy requires checks on ministers.
If not, and the vote is to exit, it will be no good saying afterwards that “we didn’t understand what we were voting for” – the repeated complaint made by eurosceptics about the 1975 Referendum. By then it will be too late.