The Supreme Court decision on Article 50
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 24 January 2017
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 0:25.7 | Head to octopusevo.com to get started today. Welcome to a special episode of FT Politics, a podcast on British politics from the Financial Times. |
| 0:43.7 | I'm Sebastian Payne, and today we're going to be discussing the Supreme Court's landmark ruling |
| 0:48.6 | on Brexit and the process for triggering Article 50. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm delighted to be joined by two of the F.T's finest judicial minds. |
| 0:55.8 | Jane Croft, our legal correspondent, and David Alan Green, our legal commentator, to pick through the ruling and what it means. |
| 1:01.9 | Thank you both for joining. |
| 1:03.6 | At 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, the UK Supreme Court announced the Parliament |
| 1:08.9 | will have the final say on the process of Britain leaving the EU. |
| 1:12.6 | Last year, the High Court ruled that primary legislation |
| 1:15.9 | would be needed before Prime Minister Theresa May |
| 1:18.2 | could notify the EU of the UK's intention to leave. |
| 1:21.8 | In a much discussed and hyped case, the government lost |
| 1:24.9 | an appeal to the Supreme Court. That court has ruled against the government's |
| 1:28.6 | final appeal today, 8 to 3, which means a bill will now have to go through the House of Commons and the Lords |
| 1:34.3 | for Article 50 can be triggered. |
| 1:36.7 | So Drain Krovky, what did you make of this ruling to a non-legal mind as ever, it seemed |
| 1:41.6 | pretty comprehensive? Yeah, it seemed pretty comprehensive. |
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