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Verdict Day in
Photos
On leaving the
Royal Court, the Metric Martyrs were greeted by loud applause from a crowd of
well-wishers. Neil Herron, spokesmen for the five traders, make the following
statement to the national and international TV and press: "For the first time
in British legal history, a court of law has failed to apply an Act of
Parliament. This case has exposed clearly and simply who now governs Britain.
The British people now know exactly what their own elected representatives have
done in their name and without their consent."
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Neil
Herron speaking on the steps of the Royal Court after the
judgment. |
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| Steve
Thoburn, speaking to reporters: "I was happy to provide both imperial and
metric but no one ever asked me for metric. I am just providing a service for
my customers". |
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Colin Hunt
(Hackney): "I will never stop selling in pounds until someone comes down here
and physically stops me. That is what my customers
want". |
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| Julian Harman (Cornwall):
"If someone comes into the shop and asks for something in kilos, we will be
happy to serve them. This has not happened yet. No one in Camelford has come
into the shop and said, 'Can I have a kilo of carrots' ". |
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| Defence team
Michael Shrimpton and Helen Jefferson explain the constitutional implications
of the judgement: political power has passed from the UK's elected Parliament
to Brussels. |
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| Metric Martyr patron
Edward Fox with BWMA Director Vivian Linacre. Mr Fox told reporters, "This
judgement raises a big issue about whether the people of this country are
governed by British or European law". |
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| MEP Nigel
Farage, UK Independence Party: "This decision shows the truth about the EU that
successive governments have been desperate to hide. What more proof is needed
that the UK is now ruled by the EU, and that Parliament has been rendered
useless?" |
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understand it, yet?" |
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The verdict was front page news by early
afternoon. |
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| After
leaving Court, the traders went down to the Houses of Parliament and unfurled
the above message: BUILDING TO LET |
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Peter
Collins, market trader from Sutton is taking his case to the European Court of
Human Rights in Strasbourg. |
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| Final
victory is assured: fishmongers John and Beryl Dove of
Cornwall. |
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