[Magdalen] Brexit 2nd vote?

[Marion Thompson]

If I had voted Leave and genuinely wished to do so, I would be mighty 
pissed off if people began to fiddle things so that my victory was taken 
from me.  When is a vote not worth the paper it's written on?  Doesn't 
sound right to me.  Cameron started it and shouldn't have, but people 
voted and it is disingenuous to say, Oh well, we didn't mean THAT, if 
the people don't like the process they have set in motion.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 6/25/2016 6:30 PM, Roger Stokes wrote:
> On 25/06/2016 20:03, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
>> Some want one, apparently.
>>
>> Whether it happens or not (please God, let it), now there's a 
>> functional democracy.
>>
>> (Use of "functional" taken from my current general manager's 
>> implementation of a "functional organisation chart":  anything can 
>> change at any time, as need dictates.)
>
> It is certainly possible, especially given that the majority of 
> Members of Parliament are opposed to leaving the EU.  The procedure 
> would be for a new Bill to be introduced authorising a second 
> referendum, quite possibly extending the mandate to include those who 
> are 16 or 17 on the grounds that they would be 18 by the time the UK 
> left the EU.  Those who were and are for leaving would huff and puff 
> but Parliament can pass whatever Bills it likes and the monarch would 
> then give her assent. Some of those who were for leaving might change 
> their mind when they see what has happened to sterling and the Stock 
> Market, and is likely to happen to interest rates.
>
> The Prime Minister has said he will leave it to his successor when to 
> start the clock on the departure process.  A second vote opposing 
> leaving that occurred before then would result in that notice not 
> being given.  How likely is this scenario?  I honestly don't know but 
> the cold light of the morning after the night before might just sgift 
> things a bit - and extending the franchise (as happened with the 
> Scottish independence refendum) could be the tipping point.
>
> Roger
>