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Denzil_DC

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2. There is no majority in parliament to enact the result of any such referendum if it happened.

Reply to ritapria (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 07:33 AM

Oct 2019

Hell, there's no majority in parliament to pass the legislation for a referendum in the first place.

There's been a change of prime minister, and Johnson has no mandate. That alone is justification for an election, never mind how recent the last one was.

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