Let us toast the High Court with Kentish sparkling wines. Its ruling on Article 50 today is a service to the nation.

The elemental purpose of Brexit is and has always been to restore the supremacy of Parliament - and to return legal authority to British courts - not to introduce a lawless dictatorship of plebiscites.

It is up to the Members of Parliament - acting under the Burkean principles of Bristol - to discern the will of the nation and to discern the broader collective interest, imposing its constitutional authority as it sees fit.