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If we vote for Brexit what happens

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  • mayonnaise
    mayonnaise Posts: 3,690 Forumite
    PM should seek parliamentary approval over article 50, says Lords committee
    Theresa May should not trigger article 50 alone – formally starting the UK’s exit from the European Union – without “explicit parliamentary approval”, a parliamentary committee has warned.
    In a direct challenge to Downing Street’s authority over Brexit, the House of Lords constitution committee has published a report declaring that it would be “constitutionally inappropriate” for the prime minister to act on an advisory referendum without referring back to parliament.
    http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/13/pm-theresa-may-article-50-parliamentary-approval-house-of-lords-committee
    Sounds reasonable. After all, we still live under a parliamentary democracy and the referendum was merely advisory. I like democracy. :)
    Don't blame me, I voted Remain.
  • Rinoa
    Rinoa Posts: 2,701 Forumite
    mayonnaise wrote: »
    PM should seek parliamentary approval over article 50, says Lords committee




    http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/13/pm-theresa-may-article-50-parliamentary-approval-house-of-lords-committee
    Sounds reasonable. After all, we still live under a parliamentary democracy and the referendum was merely advisory. I like democracy. :)

    Hmmm. I wonder whether the House of Lords would have troubled themselves to produce a report if Remain had won. Somehow I doubt it.
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  • Mortgagefreeman
    Mortgagefreeman Posts: 452 Forumite
    mayonnaise wrote: »
    I like democracy. :)

    When it suits you and that's not democracy. Democracy is the will of the people. The people have spoken.
  • Herzlos
    Herzlos Posts: 16,427 Forumite
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    Rinoa wrote: »
    Hmmm. I wonder whether the House of Lords would have troubled themselves to produce a report if Remain had won. Somehow I doubt it.

    Why would they publish a report advocating approval for doing nothing if that's what the majority wanted to do?
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    Herzlos wrote: »
    Why would they publish a report advocating approval for doing nothing if that's what the majority wanted to do?

    fortune favours the status quo.
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  • mayonnaise
    mayonnaise Posts: 3,690 Forumite
    Mortgagefreeman wrote: »
    When it suits you and that's not democracy. Democracy is the will of the people. The people have spoken.

    The people have voted in a non-legally binding advisory referendum. It's not that complicated.
    Don't blame me, I voted Remain.
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    mayonnaise wrote: »
    The people have voted in a non-legally binding advisory referendum. It's not that complicated.

    I don't rememeber seeing that on the ballot paper
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  • gfplux
    gfplux Posts: 4,985 Forumite
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    This is a paper produced by the Joseph Rowntee Foundation.
    https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/brexit-vote-explained-poverty-low-skills-and-lack-opportunities
    There will be no Brexit dividend for Britain.
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    CLAPTON wrote: »
    I don't rememeber seeing that on the ballot paper

    You wouldn't need to. It was known the result wasn't binding before the referendum.

    Parliament was/ is sovereign - not the people.
  • Mortgagefreeman
    Mortgagefreeman Posts: 452 Forumite
    wotsthat wrote: »
    You wouldn't need to. It was known the result wasn't binding before the referendum.

    Parliament was/ is sovereign - not the people.

    Absolute tosh. Perhaps you'd like to explain what the referendum was for,if it's not binding? Your just another loser who can't accept the fact you lost.
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