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Originally Posted by Pierre
Parliament voted for article 50, by an overwhelming majority because it had a direct mandate from the electorate to do so.
It does not have such a mandate to undo Article 50, it would the greatest betrayal of democracy this country has ever seen.
The only way parliament could revoke Article 50 would be after another referendum.
If the vote doesn’t go through a second referendum is looking like an inevitability.
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I agree with all of that in practice.
(On a technical legal note the Govermment invoked A50, and if the Court of Session on the advice of ECJ allows unilateral withdrawal of A50, the Government can withdraw A50 without either an electoral or Parliamentary mandate to do so. It’s the prerogative of Government alone, however it’s unlikely to act without Parliamentary approval - that’d be a further , and more obvious, constitutional crisis)