Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Brexitwatch: Broken Promise no 7 - 'taking control'
The Brexiters told us that if we voted to leave the EU, we would 'take control.' Apparently not.
With less than a month gone since the referendum, we have already had a prime minister that no one voted for imposed on us . So are the Brexiters demanding a general election? Apparently not.
The other thing we heard a lot about from the Leave campaign was that the UK parliament must be sovereign. So is it going to get a say on when our unelected prime minister gives notice to quit the EU under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty? Not if the Brexiters get their way.
The minister in charge of Brexit, David Davis, appears determined to make sure Parliament has no control, but a number of British citizens are mounting legal challenges. Predictably they have been subjected to threats and racist abuse.
Labels:
Brexit,
broken promise,
democracy,
EU,
Europe,
Leave,
Parliament,
prime minister,
referendum,
sovereignty,
Theresa May,
unelected
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