Sorry tillson Davis is the one who committed the original sin on this one and you can't deny it can you?Number 10 Downing Street issued a statement prior to the referendum which went something like this: We will ask the people of the UK to vote on a single question. Do they want the UK to remain in the EU or do they want to leave. We will then carry out their choice.
That doesn't sound very advisory to me and it leaves little room for manoeuvre or twisting of the truth.
Where were remain at this point in time saying to the government, hang on, you can't say this, the process is only advisory? Of course, they were silent on this issue because, (1) they thought that remain was in the bag, and (2) they were not even aware of the advisory status thing.
After wiping the egg from their faces, advisory is something which has been researched, discovered and then seized upon by remain after the main event. It's little more than sad desperation.
Why do you persist with this one? the evidence is not debatable
Davis is the author of the bill
The referendum is advisory only
He chose not to convey that fact deliberately at a time when no member of the Public knew of the nature of the Bill.
Otherwise Parliament would never have voted to accept it.
Are you now saying they would have accepted a Mandatory Referendum?
There you have it: there was a Marginal victory for a leave vote that the Government does not legally have to implement.
Case closed; "get over it"
Can't wait for article 50 and Brexodus.. the journey into the wilderness to begin
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