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Friday, November 4, 2016

Theresa May' supreme challenge- Mirror Politics morning newsletter

Morning,

Theresa May will today be looking for a decent lawyer.
The defeat in the High Court was an embarrassment for the government but a humiliation for the Attorney General Jeremy Wright who led the Government’s legal defence.

The Prime Minister is unlikely to make the same mistake twice when the government appeals to the Supreme Court.
Those railing against the judges for having the temerity to uphold the law and exert their judicial independence are in danger of destroying the thing they love most.
Having demanded a return of sovereignty it is perverse to then trash the very institutions, parliament and the courts, which are fundamental to democracy and the rule of law.
One reason why the Government is unwilling to give MPs a vote on triggering Article 50 is not because they fear losing (few MPs have expressed a desire to go against the will of the people expressed in the referendum) but because they fear having their lack of preparedness for Brexit exposed.
On saying that, there are a number of peers who are willing to table an amendment to Article 50 to delay the process until they get more clarity about the Government’s plans.
The main criticism from the Remainers is the Government has jumped on a train without knowing its final destination or the eventual price of the ticket.

European leaders are also seeking some clarity.
Mrs May is planning a round of telephone diplomacy today with fellow EU leaders and the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, to assure them the timetable for invoking Article 50 has not been derailed.
We often overlook the fact that Brexit has had consequences in other countries.
Businesses in Ireland are already suffering, particularly in the agricultural sector, because the fall in the pound makes it more expensive to import goods to the UK.
Spain too is voicing alarm as its food and drink exports to the UK amount to some 3.5billion euros (£3.12billion) a year.
You could read this two ways.
Either it will make them more accommodating when it comes to negotiating a post-Brexit deal with the UK or it will hardened their resolve to punish us for inflicting financial pain on their domestic markets.