It’s not an override at all. Parliament is the representative of the people, because it would be inconvenient to have a referendum about every issue. But some issues are important enough that we don’t trust the representative: we want to speak directly.
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1 Matthew // Mar 4, 2008 at 2:09 pm
It is weird that you lot want to override Parliamentary sovereignty in the name of saving it.
2 Stephen // Mar 4, 2008 at 2:23 pm
It’s not an override at all. Parliament is the representative of the people, because it would be inconvenient to have a referendum about every issue. But some issues are important enough that we don’t trust the representative: we want to speak directly.
3 dearieme // Mar 4, 2008 at 6:08 pm
I want a Referendum on the EU so that I can correct my appalling blunder of 1975.
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