On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 5:07 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> if a general election is called and (say) a new Labour Leader > (who would be effectively campaigning to be PM) stood on a pro-EU ticket > promising a turnaround stance on the EU - effectively saying if you vote > us in, we cancel the referendum result - and that party won the > election, then a clear (new) mandate will have been given and thus a new > incoming government will have authority to cancel the U pullout (as long > as that is done *before* Article 50 is started). This is entirely possible. > Doesn't that make the referendum meaningless? Certainly some people might vote for Labour on other grounds, even though they do not want to remain in the EU. The whole idea of a referendum is to isolate those other factors and get a decision on the single issue: leave or stay. The Leave issue is a complex one, based on emotion as well as on political principles. I think Britain's departure would be a great loss for the rest of Europe, but the British people have to decide what is best for them. I just hope it all get sorted out without too much additional turmoil and economic harm to all concerned. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
