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Originally Posted by ianch99
There is no mandate for No Deal I am afraid. The official Leave campaign did not endorse or promote No Deal in 2016.
Now, if you want to present this new plan to the people, then I am in 100% agreement with you.
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The referendum simply gave HMG a mandate to take us out of the EU. The idea that it mandated any specific way of doing that is just remainer wishful thinking.
None of the Leave campaigns represented either government or official opposition. The official status of one leave campaign was a legal device designed to regulate funding and access to TV airtime. It did not designate their campaign material as a kind of quasi-manifesto.
You may feel the whole thing was appallingly sloppy and unfair but it was legal, and the result - a simple, naked mandate to leave the EU - was valid.
I’m afraid that arguments based on the exact nature of the mandate granted in 2016, great as they may sound, are not valid.