whichphilosophy
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The people voted for it so they instead of the parties voted for it. A last minute attempt to still push this as an exclusive right of the Europhiliacs in parliament failed. The MPs effectively respect the will of the people. War Criminal Blair, and Major are of course trying to reverse this.
'The people' are not a government, and what they voted for was lying bullshit, as you know. The people now devising policy didn't support the liars at the time, and what they make of 'the people's' verdict is just a guess, like deciding what a drunk meant after ten pints. The British way is to vote for people with a policy, and vote them out if they don't carry it through. This referendum filth is right-wing European crap, as you know
I don't think Tony Benn would have quite agreed with you; and I know George Galloway doesn't. The rise of the (ultra) right wing is a byproduct of EU failures as one country after has gone bankrupt and now run by banks not governments; not even the EU. Anyway with Teresa May's dithering the UK is going to be in the EU for a lot of years yet. However it's time to prepare to cut the cord.
The reason for such a referendum is the parties were also divided on this issue and this was the correct step. The government can therefore say it is of the people.