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Originally Posted by Pierre
exactly what has to go before parliament though?
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This is the whole point of the case though. Nothing will be done without Parlimentary approval. i.e. a Yes or No vote at present.
The result of the court case (pending appeal) now will involve the House of Lords after the House of Commons has debated and passed (or put amendments forward).
The HoL may pass it back unchanged OR pass it back with their amendments. It will then have to be debated yet again by the HoC.
Personaqlly I think this whole fiasco was caused by Cameron. He stated that whatever the result of the referendum he would implement the will of the People, instead he resigned. What a good guy.
Where Terasa May slipped up (IMHO) was not immediately on her first day as Leader was asking Parliament to agree to implement the result of the referendum thereby enacting the will of the people with Parlimentary approval.
It may be that she was advised that lilly livered David had already promised that so there was no need but in hindsight ( a wonderful thing) the court case would never (possibly) have happened or failed.