There is one slight difference between the hon. Lady’s examples and what happened in 2016, when the MPs, the Government and the Opposition—everyone—agreed that they would take the view of the electorate directly and obey the verdict that they gave them. That did not apply in the scenario she describes relating to Edmund Burke, great constitutionalist though he was.
Leaving the European Union
Proceeding contribution from
Julian Lewis
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 1 April 2019.
It occurred during e-petition debate on Leaving the European Union.
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