"I voted Leave to give sovereignty back to the UK parliament!" - So parliament should vote on Article 50? "No."
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But they didn't. Unlike Indy and AV ref, the EU ref had no legal effect. MPs could have made it legally binding, but chose not to
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sigh. The govt's own £9m referendum leaflets categorically stated that the govt would enact the decision of the voters.
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That was not what the law said. MPs deliberstely chose not to make ref binding. They did on Indy and AV refs. So their decision.
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but the referendum result would have been regarded as legally binding if it had gone the "right" way.
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Parliament is sovereign, not government pamphlets, thankfully.
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except when there's a clear mandated manifesto pledge. Which this is.
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MPs deliberately chose not to make EU referendum legally binding. So 'get over it' as some would say ;-)
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Don't remember Cameron telling us he was just after our opinion.
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Parliament is sovereign, not the government of the day.
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So if Scots vote for Independence Parliament can ignore.
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No, because parliament legislated for Indy Ref to be legally binding; but parliament chose not to with EU ref.
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Doesn't make it right though. I expect my elected reps to discuss how the UK goes forward with this mistake.
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they're welcome to discuss it, and they can even try to vote against it. But the voters will punish them.
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48% probably will anyway!
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I doubt it. Most of my friends are Remainers and they all completely accept the ref result.
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Well I don't. 37% of the electorate voted to leave. Not a majority.
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