Trust Mrs May to deliver on her Brexit promise
BREXIT will happen is the message from the Government.
With the Remoaners trying all manner of tactics to derail the process it comes as a great relief to know that Theresa May is more determined than ever to begin the formal process for leaving the bloc by the end of March.
When the High Court ruled that MPs must be given a vote on whether or not to trigger Article 50 the Brussels fanatics who brought the case told us it had nothing to do with politics and was merely a question of parliamentary procedure.
It is a miracle they managed to keep a straight face. All along this was part of a squalid attempt to prevent Brexit from happening.
However, their efforts are doomed to fail. Despite winning their High Court battle the legal war is far from over.
For ministers, challenging the judges’ ruling in the Supreme Court is the right course of action.
Theresa May fields questions on Brexit
Mrs May should have the right to withdraw us from the EU treaties without Parliament’s say-so. And given that MPs voted six to one in favour of a referendum it is nonsense to claim that they have not had a part in the decision.
There is every chance that this time judges will side with the Government. But even if this appeal is unsuccessful and a bill has to go before the House of Commons a majority of MPs will almost certainly side with the Government.
Most of our parliamentarians are sensible people who, even though most of them backed Remain, respect the overwhelming popular mandate behind Brexit.
It is only a small rump of second-rate Brussels fanatics such as Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband and Tim Farron who still think they can keep us in the EU.
Yet Clegg and Farron between them constitute a quarter of Lib Dem MPs – a damning indictment of their party’s unpopularity. And the hapless Miliband sent Labour to a crushing defeat in 2015.
What right do these losers have to start imposing conditions on Mrs May? And what on earth makes them think they have any chance of victory? For all the plotting by these discredited no-hopers this newspaper retains full confidence in the Prime Minister and her ability to deliver on her promise that “Brexit means Brexit”
Godfather of gloom gone
THE gruff vocals, astonishing musical talent and self-deprecating humour of Leonard Cohen, who has died at the age of 82, helped him to become one of the world’s most popular songwriters. Even given the astonishing roll call of celebrities who have passed away this year the “godfather of gloom” stands out as a terrible loss.