10-20-2016, 01:20 AM
That's not to say the verdict, which is expected in mid-November, is set in stone. As legal commentator David Allen Green noted, the case is "finely balanced" and both sides articulated strong arguments. But, as Green later tweeted: "The government and Leavers should brace themselves for real possibility that court rules Article 50 needs parliamentary consent." This case is much more balanced than most people thought. But the judges' verdict is unlikely to be the end of the matter. The losing side is likely to launch an appeal to the Supreme Court, a process which will inevitably force May to delay the timetable for invoking Article 50 no matter what happens. Ironically, if the Supreme Court is unable to reach a decision, it will be obliged to refer the case to the European Court of Justice, meaning the EU's highest could end up deciding how Britain must execute its departure.
High Court Article 50 Brexit case summary and highlights - Business Insider
Actually, it is about more than just money. EU research funding usually comes with a condition that it be spent on projects in more than one country; this promotes the creation of international networks. Research is enhanced by looking at an issue from more than one perspective: more than half of papers by British academics are now co-authored with someone from outside the UK, and these papers tend to be cited more highly. So the real fear of universities, even greater than the anxiety about money, is that Brexit weakens these important links.
Britain may end up with the most "extreme" version of Brexit because there may not be enough time to negotiate a good deal with Brussels, ministers have privately said. Senior ministers believe negotiations after Theresa May triggers Article 50 – which begins the formal process of leaving the EU - may not be completed by 2019 because they are "very complicated and this has never been tried". Under EU rules, if negotiations are not completed two years after Article 50 is triggered, Britain would simply crash out of the bloc and adopt World Trade Organisation rules, meaning that tariffs have to be imposed on trade between the UK and the EU. This would be seen as the "hardest" possible Brexit, with no access to the single market.