"charles" wrote in message
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In article ,
pamela wrote:
On 10:30 27 Jun 2016, Capitol wrote:

pamela wrote:
On 13:24 26 Jun 2016, bm wrote:

Mark my words.


If a party campaigned not to leave the EU and won a general
election later this year then would they have a mandate to over
rule the referendum result?


No.


A referendum is not binding for all time and it's result can be
overturned by a later referendum.

But leaving theb EU does not have the "return" option.

Yes it does, spelt out very unambiguously in Article 50 of the Lisbon
Treaty.

My question is whether a general election mandate could overturn a
referendum. There is a lack of full democracy about such an approach
but I wonder if it would be consitutionally valid.

The constitutional position would be even more secure if the
referendum is seen not as a mandate but as a consultation. Ignoring
the reply of such a consultation may be politically very unwise but
that does not make it unconstitutional.

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