On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:41:00 +0000, Andy Cap wrote:

And then the UK - both Westminster and MEPs - was internally and
integrally involved in turning the EEC into the EU.

They had no mandate to do so

The Tory manifesto, a couple of months later, talked about what a great
success it was for the UK. They then won that election, before ratifying
it shortly after.

http://www.conservativemanifesto.com...-conservative-
manifesto.shtml#resp

If that isn't a mandate, what - short of a referendum - is?