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Originally Posted by Hugh
In UK, we have 'parliamentary sovereignty'.
This means that no Parliament can bind future Parliaments. DC may have said that Parliament would be bound by the referendum result, but post General Election 2017, we have a new Parliament.
https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/sovereignty/ |
In the U.K. we also have a very strong sense of precedent, and also of Parliament’s moral obligation to do the will of the people. Even simply passing legislation that wasn’t in a manifesto is controversial, despite Parliament’s constitutional right to do so.
There is limited precedent for referendums in Britain but those that have been held, have been respected, and not overturned without having first been implemented.