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Originally Posted by Hugh
That's not how our Representative Democracy works - we elect an MP to represent the Constituency (not just those who voted for them), but we do not have the right to mandate how they should think or vote
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This means that, while the views of constituents are frequently considered, the actions of MPs are governed by their determination of the best interests of their constituency, their party and the country as a whole.
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Correct but the issue here is that “Parliament” voted to give the public the referendum, they could have voted against it if they thought that the risk of vote Leave winning would not be in the “best interests of their constituency”
The referendum didn’t have to happen, but they voted for it.
The result was to leave. “Parliament” then voted to enact the result and trigger article 50.
They could have voted against Triggering article 50 if they thought then that leaving the EU was not in the “best interests of their constituency” but they didn’t.
So it doesn’t really make sense for Parliament to be so anti-Brexit now? They had two legitimate opportunities to stop it.
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If we are unhappy with our MP, we can de-select them.
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try that with an EU commissioner