Today, the UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Government cannot initiate the UK's exit from the European Union without obtaining the consent of Parliament; in fact, it's said that there has to be an Act of Parliament which means full debate in both Houses and an opportunity for the large number of Liberal Democrat peers in the House of Lords to create mischief. Thankfully, the Court's ruling also said that the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not have to be consulted.
Where this will lead is anyone's guess. There are many in Parliament, and also many other loud voices, who simply want to prevent the Will of the people, as expressed in the referendum last June, from being actioned. These people continually throw up spurious arguments and some, the likes of Nick Clegg and Tim Farron prominent amongst them, are making no secret of their determination to keep the UK so closely tied to the EU as to make any exit meaningless. The Welsh Labour party has made some sort of alliance with Plaid Cymru aimed at achieving something similar and Nicola Sturgeon seizes on every opportunity to try to stir up enthusiasm for another vote on Scottish independence. None of these people and parties are prepared to accept the result of the referendum and are simply set on imposing their own views on the people they are supposed to represent.
If anyone ever needed proof of the duplicitous and disingenuous nature of politicians, surely this is it. Those who suggested that UKIP no longer had any reason to exist have also been proven to be very wide of the mark; indeed, the forthcoming by-election in Stoke-on-Trent may well provide a huge boost both to UKIP and the Brexit campaign.
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