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I found the headline quite misleading: it sounds to me like "Court orders that Parliament give Article 50 the go-ahead", but it's actually "Court says that Arti
by philh 10y ago
I found the headline quite misleading: it sounds to me like "Court orders that Parliament give Article 50 the go-ahead", but it's actually "Court says that Article 50 cannot go ahead without Parliament's approval".
- sleepychu 10y agoThis is a context thing, in the UK this issue is so much discussed that the meaning is clear. I agree that if you're not familiar with the case you could read it the wrong way though.
- philh 10y agoI am in the UK, and I'm sufficiently familiar with the case that I'm willing to stick my neck out and say "no, it was just unclear". But it's changed now (thanks, mods!), so shrug.