• Having a read of a constitutional piece that has highlighted that the PM could use the Royal Prerogative to issue an Article 50 declaration.

    Ignoring the inherently democratic nature of a referendum for a moment, it's interesting that the mechanism could be via an unelected effective head of state, overriding Parliament, from the power they derive from a hereditary monarch.

  • the power they derive from a hereditary monarch.

    I suspect all power in the UK derives from this same font.

  • democratic

    I'm noticing people throwing this word around an awful lot at the moment, and inferring whatever meaning from it that suits their own particular narrative, at that particular time.

  • Also - post a link, then. Everyone loves a bit of academic constitutional musing.

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