Originally Posted by MartinRosen:
“So are you saying that if the MP is pro-Brexit, but the majority of their constituents wanted Remain, the MP should vote to Remain ?”
I suppose so, yes.
Labour's Lisa Nandy said on BBCQT last night that her and other MP's like Hilary Benn would vote to trigger Article 50 even though they are Remainers. They just want a say in how Brexit is implemented.
Originally Posted by gurney-slade:
“That helpful little pamphlet the Government spent £19m in sending to us said said@ "This is your decision. The Government will implement what you decide."; the implication being that they would abide by the majority decision.”
The whole thing was a con.
They did imply they would abide by the decision and I think they want to. It wasn't the Government who took this to court. What I was saying was that an awful lot of people thought a referendum was a legally binding thing and the result would be absolute. I don't think many realised that it could be completely ignored if Parliament so wished.
For the record and I know it's totally off topic, even though I voted 'Remain' I could have just as easily voted to 'Leave' . I literally decided when I had the ballot paper in front of me, so I am really quite neutral to the whole thing.