The dictum goes like this: if you yell about something enough, you will eventually get it. It’s just fact. The Brits have proven it again today with the announcement that Parliament will debate a petition for a second referendum on Brexit.
It was announced during David Cameron‘s last cabinet meeting before he shuffles out of the way and lets Theresa May take the reins. She’ll be Prime Minister tomorrow.
The petition for a second Brexit referendum received more than 4.1 million signatures. It stated the following:
We the undersigned call upon HM Government to implement a rule that if the Remain or Leave vote is less than 60%, based on a turnout of less than 75%, there should be another referendum.
That said, those who signed have already received an email which stated quite clearly that this was a once-in-a-lifetime referendum, and that the decision “must be respected”.
The House of Commons Petitions Committee made it extremely clear that a debate won’t be binding, but may lead to the House deciding to implement a law enabling a second go of the whole thing.
“A debate in Westminster Hall does not have the power to change the law, and won’t end with the House of Commons deciding whether or not to have a second referendum.”
“It will be up to the government to decide whether it wants to start the process of agreeing a new law for a second referendum.”
Mmm. Interestin’.
Source: BBC.
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