The heightened uncertainty over how and even whether Britain can arrange to leave the bloc lent even greater significance to the judges' decision. May rejects holding a new Brexit referendum but her hold on office is looking shaky. It cited the EU treaty goal of "ever closer union among the peoples of Europe" -- a clause particularly hated by Brexit campaigners -- to justify arguing that states cannot be forced out of the Union. "Revocation ... would have the effect that the United Kingdom remains in the EU under terms that are unchanged," it said. Opinion polls suggest that any new majority for staying in the EU is narrow and many in the EU question the wisdom of keeping such a divided country as a member.

Source: bd News24 December 10, 2018 16:30 UTC