What the papers say: The Supreme Court's Brexit case

Today’s Supreme Court hearing on Brexit is undoubtedly the most controversial in the court’s seven year history, says the Times. The case will examine the Government’s appeal against the earlier High Court ruling that Article 50 cannot be triggered without the say-so of Parliament. But what’s most remarkable about today’s hearing is the fact Theresa May allowed it to get to this position in the first place, the paper says. The Times suggests that ‘at any point since Theresa May entered Downing Street in July she could have called and easily won a parliamentary vote mandating her to deliver Brexit’ – but in choosing not to it shows ‘an early and inauspicious mark’ against her Downing Street record. The paper goes on to say that Theresa May should not be afraid of having to give Parliament a ‘running commentary’ on Brexit. But if she fails to ‘set out the broad direction’ of her approach, then it’s inevitable that ‘others will do it for her,’ the paper warns.