Undermining the democratic legitimacy of the state perfectly OK with elites if it means preserving financial marketshttps://twitter.com/felixsalmon/status/746783452515565568 …
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Replying to @mtracey
if the ref was nonbinding, in what sense is ignoring it a failure of democratic legitimacy?
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Replying to @nberlat
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.
9:12 PM - 25 Jun 2016
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