What that summary from Lord Simption that George put up seems to be saying to me, is that parliament is Sovereign and today’s ruling reasserts the power of parliament.
A referendum is not compatible with a Sovereign parliament, to decide an issue that would require parliament to create laws or policies that would enable a result from a referendum.
Basically a referendum result is an indication of opinion in the public at a point in time and is doesn’t take into account how a parliament will need to proceed afterwards.
i.e it is indicative. parliament must be Sovereign.
That’s what I got out of it anyway. It’s your system but I’m starting to understand it better. I’m not sure most of your electorate do.
Now here’s a scenario, no matter how unlikely.
Boris tried to stop parliament from sitting basically remove it’s power, to try and force the issue.
He drew his die in the ditch, line in the sand, to mix metaphors.
What happens if Soames and the rest back him to stAy as PM and sort it, as Soames said himself on Newsnight, but instead of either asking for an extension or negotiating a deal he decided to become a martyr and goes to prison.
That would cement his Brexiters support but would also leave little time to get another government together and get a deal with the 31st looming.
Who sends the extension letter to the EU.
You could still stumble out of the EU and Boris would be a hero and likely be voted in again in a GE... from his prison cell.
Wouldn’t be the first MP elected from gaol would it?