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Post Brexit Picture Unclear but Not Bad, Says MacDonald

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In an upbeat assessment on Monday, Davis countered the warnings of former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, among others.

“The Government position is that it is an exercise of Crown Prerogative”.

The survey by Kantar TNS found 47 percent of people in favor of sticking with Britain and 41 percent backing independence. “We consider that either would be a constitutionally acceptable means of securing parliamentary approval for the triggering of Article 50”.

It said Parliament should act on the assumption that Article 50 is “irreversible” and should allow it to be invoked only when it is in the UK’s best interests to begin negotiations.

He said the government would take representations from across the City, but said the importance of passporting would differ for institutions, citing differences between retail, wholesale and investment banks.

Millions of people also signed a petition to ask for a second referendum on the same topic, once the public knew what a post-brexit world would look like, but this has also been rejected by May’s Government.

It followed leaked email by pro-EU Tory grandee Ken Clarke which claimed the referendum was not a “binding decision” and could yet be changed.

“It is therefore important that Parliament plays a key role in scrutinising the Brexit negotiations once Article 50 is triggered”.

The report states that “Constitutional change of such magnitude must be approached carefully and scrutinised appropriately, with the roles and responsibilities of both Government and Parliament set out clearly in advance”.

But appearing before the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr Davis said the outcome of the EU referendum had been clear and that a vote against invoking Article 50 would set Parliament against the people. “Afterwards I’d expect it to be more open process”. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and FOREXLIVE™ specifically advises clients and prospects to carefully review all claims and representations made by advisors, bloggers, money managers and system vendors before investing any funds or opening an account with any Forex dealer.

It was “unclear” whether the UK could unilaterally halt Article 50 talks once they have been triggered, if it changed its mind about wanting to leave the EU, warned the committee. Parliament will have to approve any final deal.

Downing Street rejected the peers’ demand for a parliamentary vote.

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Susi Dennison is a senior policy fellow at ECFR and director of the ECFR European Power program. Lammy has many supporters inside and out of politics for his idea. “That is one possible outcome”.

Parliament must be given a vote on triggering Article 50, say Lords