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| Theresa May has defended judges' "independence" after the High Court was attacked for its ruling on Brexit. | Theresa May has defended judges' "independence" after the High Court was attacked for its ruling on Brexit. |
| The court decided last week that Parliament should get a vote on when the process of leaving the EU starts. | |
| The Daily Mail branded the judges "enemies of the people", while UKIP's Nigel Farage warned of street protests if the referendum result was ignored. | The Daily Mail branded the judges "enemies of the people", while UKIP's Nigel Farage warned of street protests if the referendum result was ignored. |
| The government is appealing against the ruling and the PM said it would be setting out "strong legal arguments". | |
| Judges ruled on Thursday Parliament should vote on when the government can trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, starting two years of formal negotiations with the EU. | |
| The government argues ministers already have sufficient powers - under the Royal Prerogative - to do this without MPs and peers having a vote. It has promised to fight to get the ruling overturned next month in the Supreme Court. | |
| Whatever the outcome, though, the government says the High Court's decision will not affect its Brexit timetable and Labour has said it will not seek to delay the triggering of Article 50. | |
| On her way to New Delhi for a visit to promote UK-India trade, Mrs May said: "I believe in and value the independence of our judiciary. I also value the freedom of our press. I think these both underpin our democracy and they are important. | |
| "Of course the judges will look at the legal arguments. We think we have strong legal arguments and we will be taking those arguments to the Supreme Court." | |
| The Daily Mail, in particular, was highly critical the High Court judges - The Lord Chief Justice, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd, alongside Sir Terence Etherton and Lord Justice Sales - whose photographs it splashed across the top of its Friday edition. | |
| Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, UKIP leader 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." | |
| Appeal over strategy | |
| Asked if there was a danger of disturbances in the street, he replied: "Yes, I think that's right." | |
| Mr Farage called for Brexit supporters to take part in peaceful protests and in any election not support people who wanted to overturn the process. | |
| Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party "respected the result of the referendum", adding that "Article 50 will be invoked and there will be negotiations". | |
| He said: "We are part of the negotiations, and we are very tough on this. We want to see Britain having a trading relationship with Europe and protections maintained for British workers." | |
| Mr Corbyn called on the government to reveal its negotiating strategy, arguing: "We can't have a prime minister obfuscating and hiding behind the idea that she has some executive authority which she clearly does not have. Parliament has the authority." | |
| But the government says that to give its stance away ahead of Article 50 being invoked would be counterproductive, putting it at a disadvantage when it negotiates issues like trade agreements and the movement of people. | |
| Scotland's Brexit Minister Mike Russell said Mrs May was "foolish" to "bulldoze ahead" following the High Court ruling. | |
| He told BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme, the Scottish government was still considering taking part in legal action. |