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To: Gay State Conservative

So then the reverse could be true as well: If Brexit FAILS (GOD forbid), then a newly elected Parliament could vote to LEAVE and ignore the results of the vote, no?


82 posted on 06/23/2016 4:32:40 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Maverick68
So then the reverse could be true as well: If Brexit FAILS (GOD forbid), then a newly elected Parliament could vote to LEAVE and ignore the results of the vote, no?

Again, theoretically, yes. Brexit could occur by an Act of Parliament, but, again, ignoring a Referendum result would trigger a constitutional crisis and cause the intervention of the Queen.

If a government specifically campaigned on a policy of leaving the EU and won an election based on that campaign, that would be different - in that case, the election would be considered a de facto referendum in its own right.

85 posted on 06/23/2016 4:42:12 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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So then the reverse could be true as well: If Brexit FAILS (GOD forbid), then a newly elected Parliament could vote to LEAVE and ignore the results of the vote, no?

Given what "naturalman",who certainly appears to be quite familiar with Parliamentary procedures and traditions,has said that,too,might be possible...but highly unlikely.He mentions that,if push came to shove,the Queen has the power to see to it that the results would be honored...and would use that power.

121 posted on 06/23/2016 6:55:53 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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