On 25/09/2019 07:49, Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Steve Walker
writes
On 24/09/2019 18:34, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â* Steve Walker wrote:
There is a huge difference between wanting to repatriate control to the
UK and MPs ignoring the result of a domestic referendum. Returning
sovereignty to parliament was never intended to overrule a democratic
vote by the people.
Â*Really? You want to redefine sovereignty too now?

When parliament has specifically asked the question of the people,
yes. We normally elect MPs to take make most decisions on our behalf,
but when those MPs ask us in a referendum, that they have stated that
they will abide by, then the people's decision should be final.

But at the risk of being boring.......

When so much of the information that The People were given - and on
which they based their decision - was wrong (either because it was
speculative over-pessimism or over-optimism, or deliberate lies intended
to deceive), who in their right mind would insist on ploughing ahead and
implementing that decision without referring the matter back to The
People for reconsideration?

There was plenty of time during the pre-referendum campaign for anything
anyone disagreed with to be challenged and refuted. It is my
understanding, though, that the courts decided that nothing illegal had
occurred when they considered Boris's 'misconduct in public office'
case, which they readily dismissed.

Most complaints are from sore losers who assume that any minor
inaccuracy in anything anyone said was hugely influential when it wasn't.