EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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Oliver Schick in reply to @JWestland

But they also didn't put in they would NOT have to vote on it if you want to be trollin' ;)

Oh, it's a perfectly cogent argument:

Parliament missed its chance not once, no, but several times.

If we gave it a vote now, we'd be rubbing Parliament's noses in our munificence.

Can't allow that to happen, it would only undermine Parliament.

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JWestland in reply to @Oliver Schick

I had to look up munificence...bloody furrigners... (me) ;)

Joking aside, what do you do if a law isn't clear? Because I'd say because it isn't clear, you can't assume? Or are omissions always taken as "you didn't put it in, so it doesn't count" in UK law?

No mention either that it's an ADVISORY referendum and now somehow it's not anymore... ;)

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Oliver Schick in reply to @JWestland

Don't ask me, ask a lawyer. :)

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/government-lawyers-headed-for-comprehensive-defeat-in-supreme-court-appeal-a3412466.html

With my very superficial understanding of the law (close to zero) I always thought the Government's case completely illogical and therefore weak, although, of course, the law isn't always logical.

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