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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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To: naturalman1975

Thank you


94 posted on 06/23/2016 5:25:55 AM PDT by Maverick68
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