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To: UKrepublican
If leaves wins, we will 100% be leaving the EU.

I've seen it suggested that even if "leave" wins your Parliament will simply refuse to act on the results.The state legislature of my state,Massachusetts,has done this at least once...when voters voted to lower taxes.They simply ignored the results.

Don't know if your Parliament might try that or if would be legal to do so.

50 posted on 06/23/2016 3:19:01 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Don't know if your Parliament might try that or if would be legal to do so.

It would be legal but would be such a violation of Constitutional convention that the Queen would be obliged to step in and dissolve the government and install a new Prime Minister and caretaker government specifically to enact legislation.

No British government is going to push things that far. No British government will force the Monarch to use those reserve powers. It just will not come close to that.

55 posted on 06/23/2016 3:24:33 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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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: Gay State Conservative

Quite likely, the vote is non binding.


104 posted on 06/23/2016 5:45:32 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: Gay State Conservative

There is no legal procedure for a country to leave the EUssR.

If Brussels said NO, would the British Parliament really defy it?

The vote of UK nationals today may not matter even they do vote to “Brexit.”

And I’m on record as affirming national sovereignty.


129 posted on 06/23/2016 7:22:50 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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