“Enemies of the people”? Diverging discourses on sovereignty in media coverage of Brexit

• Published in: British politics Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 519 - 537
• Main Author: Rone, Julia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.12.2023; Palgrave Macmillan
• Subjects: British Politics; Comparative Politics; Conflict; Content analysis; Debates; EU membership; Legislatures; Mass media; Media coverage; Original Article; Parliamentary systems; Political Science; Political Science and International Relations; Political Science and International Studies; Referendums; Sovereignty; Sovereignty; EU; Brexit; Media; Referendum; Parliament

In November 2016, The Daily Mail ran a cover story with the now infamous title “Enemies of the People” attacking the three judges of the High Court of England and Wales who had ruled that the UK Government needed Parliament’s consent to give notice of Brexit. Debates on sovereignty were not only ref...