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Correct, in fact the only force that the referendum has at all is that David Cameron promised to enact the result. But even this is old news, a past Prime Minis
by jimnotgym 8y ago
Correct, in fact the only force that the referendum has at all is that David Cameron promised to enact the result. But even this is old news, a past Prime Minister can hardly bind the hands of a future one! In fact the idea that a government can't bind a future government is an important part of Britain's ("unwritten") constitution.
- dumael 8y agoNit: It's Parliament cannot bind a future Parliament rather than UK governments cannot bind future UK governments. https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/sovereignty https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/sovereignty The subtly here is that usually a government commands an overall majority of Parliament, but weak/minority governments have to worry about government rebels.