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I disagree. So, let's say I have a disagreement with something that pops up in the Chancellors budget Statement, which is due real soon, it has not been debated through parliament, because at the end of the day, the party which commands the most seats is the party which has authority and can dictate fiscal policy. Now are you saying, I or anyone else who disagrees with what is in it, can raise a legal challenge in the Court ? Do you see how stupid this seems ?
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No. I am not saying that. Parliament passing a budget is not remotely comparable to the Government acting without Parliament. The Government certainty cannot pass a budget without Parliamentary approval.
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You can't say it is not a thing when you have an MP, which says different Damien.
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Yes Parliament is the where sovereign power is located. Hence why it's not undemocratic for them to act on it.
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And Yes they did hand the power to the people Damien, it has no business going through Parliament over and over again when it already went through Parliament when MPs voted 6 to 1 to hand the sovereignty back to the people. It's like people earlier in this thread, have raised the argument about the Scottish Referendum, if it had been a Yes vote, it would have no business going through Parliament - this is the same thing. It does not need to go through Parliament again.
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No it didn't and the Scottish Referendum would more than likely have been subject to a parliamentary vote as well.
The referendum doesn't have any legal/constitutional power to the Government to enact or repeal legislation. We're talking about legal powers here not moral ones.