Imploding Turtle wrote:No one is saying they've prevented parliament debating it.
What we're saying is the Executive has tried to claim the power that what Parliament debates/decides is irrelevent. She's claiming that she can do a specific thing without Parliament's approval, the judiciary is saying that is not true. That's all.
Are you seriously suggesting that Teresa May has claimed that a parliamentary vote against Brexit could be ignored by the Executive ??
Parliament, by the use of any number of devices, EDM's, Opposition days etc. could call a debate and a subsequent vote " That this House calls upon the Government to refute the result of the non-binding referendum, and continue our membership of the European Union ".
Should such a vote be carried, it would no doubt cause a " Constitutional crisis ", but that is not the point. That would be be for politicians to sort out, explaining to their Constituents why they defied the will of the majority. A General Election would probably follow and a new Parliament formed, which as we know, cannot be bound by it's predecessors ...
This attempt, by very wealthy vested interests, to derail/delay the Brexit process is a shameful affront to democracy...