Sigh, it was an advisory, non-binding referendum - referenda don’t have a role in the British political life.
The referendum was close but the advice was “leave”
What mattered is that parliament voted in November 2016 to listen to that advice and voted to call for article 50 in March 2017 (to leave on March 2019).
The UK is a representative democracy - parliament is sovereign, not the people. So if the UK parliament tomorrow decides to cancel Brexit or anything, they can. But hopefully they won’t.
The final thing is - the referendum asked “Leave or remain” - nothing more specific.
If the UK goes for a Norway-type deal (as Farage promised during the referendum campaign) then they get EU migrants, pay into the EU budget, and follow EU regulations and the ECJ and THEY Still “leave” so “listen to the referendum”
My hope is that they keep fighting among themselves and leave on October 31 with no deal
Thanks for your informative post. It’s a good counter to some of the crazy, nutter postings of a couple weeks ago about this topic.
LOL. So so sovereign, they're working their damndest to prorogue an election!
A parliament is only so sovereign as it has willing subjects.