2016 REFERENDUM WAS “ADVISORY”
Reposted from FB from an old friend and colleague Derek Nelson:
“Theresa May has stated that she and the UK government would honour the result of the 2016 Brexit referendum. What May seems unwilling to recognise is that she has already achieved what the country asked her to do. The referendum was “advisory” and not “mandatory”.
“Advisory” means to consider, take thought of, to reflect on, to recommend. In this context “advisory” applied to the referendum result granted May and her government permission to investigate the options and the impact of taking the UK out of the EU. It was not a mandate to go ahead with any one specific option. That would have been impossible at the time of the referendum because nobody knew what the options would be.
Indeed not only does May not have a mandate to take the UK out of the EU, at present neither does the government or parliament. The only body that can give that authority now is the electorate because it was the electorate that gave May permission to investigate the options and not parliament.
What must not happen is the UK leaving the EU with no deal by default on 29 March. An advisory referendum result was not a mandate for that to happen.
Let the British electorate take the responsibility for the future of the country by supporting a second referendum. It is the responsibility of the electorate to make a decision now, not the government or parliament. That decision may be to leave without a deal…. so be it.”
Updated/maj. 31-12-2018
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