EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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NotThamesWater in reply to @hugo7

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

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hugo7 in reply to @NotThamesWater

Alright, alright. I was reading it on a desktop.

Here it is : https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2016/06/27/nick-barber-tom-hickman-and-jeff-king-pulling-the-article-50-trigger-parliaments-indispensable-role/

Just to qualify, I've put forward a simplified version of an argument rather than the actual answer. I won't spoil the ending as I know everyone finds constitutional law gripping.

Yes I'm also pretty sure that all power is dirived from the monarch. But it still makes me lol in the context of the supposed authoritatian unelected facist illuminati that is the EU.

On the democratic point, 100% agree. Although I do think that a referendum is one of the few fundamentally democratic process around / possible with large populations.

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NotThamesWater in reply to @hugo7

Although I do think that a referendum is one of the few fundamentally democratic process around / possible with large populations.

I'm not sure that I agree. It is a democratic process, no doubt, but no more so than PR, FPTP, or any other democratic process and / or system.

My point is that democracy can be defined so as to fit your own argument, and held to be an end in itself, rendering that argument somewhat unsubstantive.

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