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Originally Posted by jaxie
MPs are our representatives not the other way round, the debate has already happened prior to the referendum. It was talked about incessantly. 
Where was it stated that a vote in parliament would be needed? Do you have links I don't recall that at all. |
Referendums are advisory only, and to protect against any undemocratic processes happening down stream of this vote, it has to be ratified by a bill in parliament. Those that say they can bypass that are on very shady ground. This is one event that needs to follow all due process, or it will forever haunt us.
It was all discussed before the vote, on TV several times, on the BBC website, national newspapers etc. Don't get me wrong, if parliament went against the referendum result there would be catastrophic fall out, but still, the proper democratic process should be followed