Eleven most powerful supreme court judges, ten men and one woman, all highly educated, influential, and all white people have began deliberating on whether the British government should seek parliamentary approval before triggering article 50. As we all know, Article 50 defines the right of a member state of the European Union (EU) to withdraw from the EU. The judges are supreme because they are above the government and that their ruling will be final. I can bet that they will find against the government. This is in response to one person’s claim that the parliament should vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU.
The government is challenging the high court ruling that the parliament should have a say in whether we remain or leave the EU. It has been said that the PM is trying to keep a lid on how big a mess we are in and wish to push Brexit through regardless of consequences. Based on the information we have to hand and the propaganda, for us Indians, there is too much at stake here and we sincerely hope that Brexit may be shelved. Our people are engaged in jobs in the financial industry and we are given to understand that some major banks are in advanced stages of planning to move their head quarters to Paris. We want to avoid that at all costs as many of our people’s jobs will be at risk.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
