Stephen Phillips MP: 'I can no longer live with being labelled a Tory' Read moreStephen Phillips, the MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham in Lincolnshire, stepped down on Friday with immediate effect. He was unhappy that the government had not planned to consult parliament before triggering article 50 – the issue that led to Thursday’s ruling. Jeremy Corbyn will accuse the government of opposing democratic scrutiny because “frankly, there aren’t any plans, beyond the hollow rhetoric of Brexit means Brexit”. On Thursday the high court had concluded that it was not constitutional for the government to trigger article 50 without a vote by MPs. “But I think it is incumbent on parliamentarians to then also recognise that they don’t have sovereignty over the people.

Source: The Guardian November 04, 2016 21:46 UTC