Undermining the democratic legitimacy of the state perfectly OK with elites if it means preserving financial marketshttps://twitter.com/felixsalmon/status/746783452515565568 …
Because it was the culmination of years of discussion, followed by formal campaign, in which it was presented as de facto "binding"
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No referendum in the UK can be formally binding because parliament is ultimately sovereign (bracketing Q. of royal prerogative)
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So if the terms of the referendum are retroactively changed, that's a blatant flouting of democratic will.
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but it's not anti democratic to see Parliament as still having a role to play.
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The role of Parliament is to enact the will of the people as dictated by the referendum outcome. This was understood on all sides.
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A formal campaign in which many people were actively misled.
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That happens in every campaign no matter what. Remain campaign actively mislead in its own deplorable ways.
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Elected reps are democratically legitimate. How that'll work out is not clear at this point...
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