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The referendum is advisory and not binding. I think this particular Golem has too much momentum now to simply decline the advice of the electorate, however it
by keithpeter 10y ago
The referendum is advisory and not binding.
I think this particular Golem has too much momentum now to simply decline the advice of the electorate, however it did occur to me that Cameron's 3 month delay in applying Section 50 would allow the attention of the public to be distracted to some extent.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> The referendum is advisory and not binding. OTOH, the referendum did kill the Britain-EU agreement on new terms -- as that was expressly conditioned on a "Remain" vote -- so while it doesn't legally obligate the government to withdraw from the EU, in addition to creating a strong public expectation (both in the UK and in the rest of the EU) of withdrawal, it also makes the conditions for staying in the EU worse for the UK than they were before the referendum.
- jacquesm 10y agoBut not worse than leaving and coming back cap-in-hand 5 or 10 years down the road. And as England, not as the UK.
- keithpeter 10y agoI take the point, and that was a significant part of my own decision to vote remain. I actually think that the EU itself may scale back the political union bit and push up the economic cooperation bit over the next decade. Then options for the future (on all sides) may open up again. Those options will be for the ones under 30 now to explore of course and they voted heavily to remain.