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PM urges Parliament to 'remember' Brexit referendum result | |
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Theresa May has urged MPs and peers to "remember" the result of the referendum on leaving the EU. | |
The prime minister said the government was "getting on" with the task, after losing a ruling in the High Court over Parliament getting a say on triggering the formal Brexit process. | |
But UKIP leader Nigel Farage told the BBC a "ruling elite" was "not prepared to accept" the referendum result. | |
He warned of protests on the streets, with temperatures "very, very high". | |
The High Court ruled on Thursday that Parliament should vote on when the government can trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, beginning the formal process of leaving the EU. | |
Ministers have vowed to fight to get this overturned next month in the Supreme Court. | |
Jeremy Corbyn said Labour would block the triggering of Article 50 if Mrs May did not guarantee access to the single market. | |
In a head-to-head with Mr Farage on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, Gina Miller, the investment manager who brought the case against the government, said: "Everyone in this country should be my biggest fan, because we have used our own money to create certainty about the way ahead." | |
She added: "Do we want a country where we have no process?" | |
But Mr Farage said the court's decision meant the country was faced with "half Brexit", adding that the "reach of the European Union into the upper echelons of this country makes it quite difficult for us to trust the judgement". | |
He warned: "If the people of this country think that they're going to be cheated, they're going to be betrayed, then we will see political anger, the likes of which none of us in our lifetimes have ever witnessed." | |
Asked if there was a danger of disturbances in the street, he replied: "Yes, I think that's right." | |
Mr Farage said: "The temperature of this is very, very high. I'm going to say to everyone who was on the Brexit side, 'Let's try and get even. Let's have peaceful protests and let's make sure, in any form of election, we don't support people who want to overturn this process.'" | |
Speaking at Heathrow Airport as she left for a trade mission to India, Mrs May said: "I think we all have to remember, and what MPs and peers have to remember, is that we had a vote on 23 June. | |
"The British people, the majority of the British people, voted to leave the European Union. The government is now getting on with that." | |
She added: "I want to ensure that we get the best possible deal for the UK as we leave the EU, that's the best possible deal for trading with and operating within the single European market. | |
"But alongside that, the UK will be a confident, outward-looking nation, taking its place on the world stage, looking to build relationships around the globe." | |
However, Mr Corbyn said Labour would block the prime minister from triggering Article 50 unless she agreed to the party's "Brexit bottom line", which includes access to the European single market. | |
He told the Sunday Mirror: "The court has thrown a big spanner in the works by saying Parliament must be consulted. We accept the result of the referendum. | He told the Sunday Mirror: "The court has thrown a big spanner in the works by saying Parliament must be consulted. We accept the result of the referendum. |
"We are not challenging the referendum. We are not calling for a second referendum. We're calling for market access for British industry to Europe." | "We are not challenging the referendum. We are not calling for a second referendum. We're calling for market access for British industry to Europe." |
Mr Corbyn said the opposition would not allow Article 50 to go ahead unless Mrs May agreed four principles: | |
The Labour leader said his party "would be ready" if the government decided to call an early election. | |
The judges behind the High Court ruling against the government have faced a backlash from some newspapers which led the Bar Council to urge the government to curb the criticism. | |
Lord Chancellor Liz Truss backed the independence of the UK's judiciary but stopped short of condemning the attacks. | |
Mrs May has said she is "confident" the government will win the appeal and is committed to triggering Article 50 by March 2017. | Mrs May has said she is "confident" the government will win the appeal and is committed to triggering Article 50 by March 2017. |