[Magdalen] Brexit 2nd vote?

[Michael Bishop]

If my understanding is right, then the position is that if a Government 
cannot get parliamentary approval for something which they consider an 
essential matter, then they can seek to have a general election. In 
this, the matter in question would be a major subject in the election 
campaign. If the government won the election, then they would have the 
power to claim it was a manifesto matter and demand parliamentary 
approval. Had the UK Parliament been asked to make the decision about 
membership of the EU without a referendum, then I believe that we would 
have been remaining - but David Cameron chose to have the referendum 
partly to satisfy rebels in the conservative party.

If I remember correctly, back in the early 1970's Edward Heath wanted to 
introduce laws curbing some of the powers of Trade Unions. He went for a 
General Election and lost - so the incoming Labour government ensured 
his proposals were not allowed to proceed.

Referendums are very rare in the UK: I believe I am right in saying that 
we have had only three national ones:- the first re membership of the 
European Common Market in 1975 (approval given); the second re amending 
the election rules to allow a form of proportional representation 
(rejected); the third  - the one held last week.

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God bless

Michael Bishop
rev at michaelbishop.name

Rector of Boylestone, Church Broughton, Dalbury, Longford, Long Lane, Sutton-on-the-Hill & Trusley

Diocese of Derby, England

On 26/06/2016 14:10, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>
> In a message dated 6/26/2016 7:25:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> cervus51 at gmail.com writes:
>
> So a  general
> election COULD be called to elect a government for that  purpose.
>
>
> This reminds me that a direct vote of such significance on a national
> and international subject generally doesn't happen in the USA.
> These matters are, instead, handled via US Congress and the  President,
> for better or for worse.  So there is a sort of filter through  which
> propositions must pass.  I can't remember any such national
> referenda ever appearing on a ballot.
>   
> Referendums are common at the local and the state level, OTOH.
>   
> The outcome of the Brexit vote would have been different had the
> UK Parliament been voting on this matter, according to the articles
> I've read since the vote.
>   
>   
>   
> David Strang.