The euphoria over the Scottish Court making a decision on a clearly political matter, has , funnily enough, not been matched by the judgement from the NI Court today –
In his written judgment, the judge said: “I consider the characterisation of the subject matter of these proceedings as inherently and unmistakably political to be beyond plausible dispute.
“Virtually all of the assembled evidence belongs to the world of politics, both national and supra-national.
“Within the world of politics the well-recognised phenomena of claim and counterclaim, assertion and counter-assertion, allegation and denial, blow and counter-blow, alteration and modification of government policy, public statements, unpublished deliberations, posturing, strategy and tactics are the very essence of what is both countenanced and permitted in a democratic society.”
Further,
The English Supreme Court also threw out the Gina Miller case stating that the ‘it was clearly not a matter for the courts, as it is a political matter.
Individuals , whether MP’s or not, taking the Government to court because they do not agree with decisions is clearly very wrong, and belongs in the ‘third world’.
If it continues down this road, it will be acceptable for anyone to take the Government to Court to challenge any decision , new legislation etc that they disagree with – absolute nonsense!
The Scottish Court need to look at the other decisions –
the characterisation of the subject matter of these proceedings as inherently and unmistakably political to be beyond plausible dispute.