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Next stop, Westminster: Supreme Court orders Brexit parliament vote (part 1)

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A victory or a defeat for democracy? Britain's highest court has ruled that the UK government must go to parliament for approval before triggering Brexit. The reason the case went to the Supreme Court in the first place was that the question put up for a referendum was too short and vague. What should be in the mandate to negotiate with the other 27? Should parliament overrule Theresa May, who last week called for the opposite?

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