The UK government’s proposed legislation on its planned exit from the EU contains an extraordinary statement: “Whilst Parliament has remained sovereign throughout our membership of the EU, it has not always felt like that.” The government is correct, as I argued during the referendum campaign: the UK parliament has always been sovereign, as is being proved by its ability to trigger Brexit. What sane country would sever its ties to its most important trading partners and its strategic position in its continent’s councils over a feeling that its own government agrees is erroneous?
英國政府就退歐計劃提出的法案包含一個奇葩聲明：“盡管我國議會在整個歐盟成員國期間保留了主權，但感覺上并不總是這樣。”正如我在公投拉票期間所主政的那樣，政府是對的：英國議會始終擁有主權，正如它有能力觸發退歐所證明的那樣。哪個理智的國家會因為其政府也認為是錯誤的感覺，而斷絕與最重要貿易伙伴的關系、放棄它在所在大洲的理事會中的戰略席位？