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If you could rewrite political history from 2010 onwards, in fairly plausible fashion, how would it go?
Just curious...
Just curious...
Maybe you should have thought about it before you do a referendum...I would go for some changes in the small-print of the 2015 EU Referendum Act, that set up the Brexit Referendum and Brexit. These changes would:
a) set out in black and white that the decision is taken by the whole UK and that regional counting of votes is purely a matter of convenience. (Indeed central counting might be better.)
b) set out in black and white that Brexit is withdrawal from single market and customs union.
c) set out the mechanism, that article 50 is to be submitted by the PM within one week of the referendum result, and that Brexit is a Treaty matter which is the responsibility of government.
d) set out the withdrawal date as two years from the date of the referendum.
e) set out that the UK will meet legitimate financial liabilities to the EU, but will not pay a bribe to the EU.
Curiously none of these changes would have been controversial in 2015 as people thought this was what the legislation meant. However these are the details over which the UK has subsequently argued, and it is the argument that has been so negative.
Maybe you should have thought about it before you do a referendum...
ah. So you are agreeing then that the referendum did NOTI would go for some changes in the small-print of the 2015 EU Referendum Act, that set up the Brexit Referendum and Brexit. These changes would:...
So all this has been made up the conservatives, who have made a terrible job of implementing any sort of Brexit. (presumably because thy dont believe in it)a) set out in black and white that the decision is taken by the whole UK and that regional counting of votes is purely a matter of convenience. (Indeed central counting might be better.)
b) set out in black and white that Brexit is withdrawal from single market and customs union.
c) set out the mechanism, that article 50 is to be submitted by the PM within one week of the referendum result, and that Brexit is a Treaty matter which is the responsibility of government.
d) set out the withdrawal date as two years from the date of the referendum.
e) set out that the UK will meet legitimate financial liabilities to the EU, but will not pay a bribe to the EU.
pariament debated whethr the refrendum should be binding, and clearly chose to reject this. It was not a binding referendum, only advisory and parliament made this quite clear in the legislation.Curiously none of these changes would have been controversial in 2015
Glad we are clear on that.The straightforward position is that any referendum in the UK is advisory, and this is how they have all been conducted.
And glad we can also now agree on that too. Brexit can be cancelled all the wayup to the last second.Between receiving a binding result and implementing it, our common law system makes it possible for parliament to repeal the binding aspect.
Then we must be in one now, because the EU referendum result with a strong majority to remain seems to have been overturned.we're left with a potential crisis in democracy were a referendum result ever to be over-turned.
Well, for a start the Queen could have given the reigns over to Charles, but she didn't. Being a Monarch though....I suppose at some point, God can't save the Queen.If you could rewrite political history from 2010 onwards, in fairly plausible fashion, how would it go?
Just curious...
Glad we are clear on that.
Thats how government stop most things....Brexit has been enshrined in UK legislation. It is no longer possible for the government to stop it. It could only be stopped by an Act of Parliament.
Thats how government stop most things....
Only because normally it is complicated and people take their time. The technical procedures are quite simple and can be done in a day. A simple repeal of the acts to leave could be done in one day.True, but legislation takes 6 months if there is agreement
Only because normally it is complicated and people take their time. The technical procedures are quite simple and can be done in a day. A simple repeal of the acts to leave could be done in one day.
Only because normally it is complicated and people take their time. The technical procedures are quite simple and can be done in a day. A simple repeal of the acts to leave could be done in one day.
Absolutely not. All the intricate legislations necessary for EU membership are already written and currently in place. All that is needed is to reinstate them. The obvious way to do so is to simply cancel every act which would now cancel our membership. Simple repeals, done in a day.This is not correct.
The key is that it is not a technical issue. It is legislation which meshes with tens of thousands of other bits of legislation.