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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Replying to @mtracey
A formal campaign in which many people were actively misled.
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Replying to @nberlat
That happens in every campaign no matter what. Remain campaign actively mislead in its own deplorable ways.
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Remain campaign had the entire governing, cultural, and economic elite to dispel whatever was "misleading." They failed.
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Replying to @mtracey
Not sure what this means, precisely. Is it your contention that Boris Johnson is not an elite?
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Replying to @nberlat
It means that he and select others split from the elite consensus. The UK Government actively promoted Remain.
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Replying to @mtracey
The referendum isn't binding. Members of parliament may well decide it's in their political interests to leave EU.
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Replying to @nberlat
To say it "isn't binding" is to ignore the reality of how the campaign played out for months and years.
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Replying to @mtracey
to say it is binding is to ignore the law, and Parliaments historic role as the source of law in Britain.
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Parliament called the referendum. David Cameron is the leader of parliament
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