UK MPs and courts confuse electorate who voted for Brexit

London

UK MPs and the courts are thoroughly perplexing the British electorate who voted for Brexit in the June referendum.

The spat precipitated by MPs and citizens who were among the 48 per cent of voters who wanted the UK to remain in the European Union, has increased business uncertainty. They have found it hard to accept their defeat by 52 per cent of the electorate, or more than 17 million voters.

For four days, 11 Supreme Court judges have been hearing the government's appeal against last month's High Court ruling. Three judges of the High Court had decided that the government cannot implement executive power to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty that sets off th…