THE High Court ruling preventing the British Government from proceeding with the UK’s exit from the European Union flies in the face of democracy, Bromsgrove’s MP has said.

Following a vote to leave the EU in June’s referendum, three senior judges ruled on Thursday (November 3) that the British Government lacks the authority to trigger Article 50.

It stated Britain’s vote to leave the EU was only advisory and the Government must first seek approval from parliament – a decision Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid has condemned.

When asked on Question Time if the judgement flies in the face of democracy by giving parliament the opportunity of overturning the public’s vote, he said: "Yes it does.

"Clearly today’s result was disappointing.

"It’s not the end of the legal process. The Government has appealed and there will be a further decision and that’s the one that will ultimately matter.

"But this is not just a legal issue. I think there is a really important moral issue here as well.

"We had a general election where the party that won promised a referendum – a simple in-out referendum.

"We then had the legislation in parliament which was backed six to one by MPs from all parties saying we should go ahead and have this referendum.

"Then of course we had it and the result was very very clear.

"I don't think it matters which side of the debate one was one.

"We had a robust debate, the largest turnout of any electoral exercise ever that has taken place in this country.

"It was clear result, clear instruction was issued by the British people to their politicians, the people that govern them, saying we have made a decision, thanks for the debate, we have now made a decision now it’s our job as politicians to get on with it.

"This is a clear attempt to frustrate them.

"We live in a country where our legal system is rightly independent and ultimately what the courts decide is exactly what will happen.

"But this is an attempt by people to find any mechanism possible to try and frustrate what the British people have decided."

The Government is expected to take its appeal to the Supreme Court on December 7.