Submitted on Sunday 12th January 2025
Rejected on Wednesday 5th March 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Explain how the opinion expressed in EU referendum became "The Democratic Will"
The 2016 referendum was advisory, that point was put beyond question by the Supreme Court judgment.
An advisory referendum is an expression of opinion, it is not a declaration of will.
We cannot see how we moved from one to the other, except by ministerial decree.
The ministerial decree from David Cameron made it clear that he intended for parliament to shirk its responsibilities by making the referendum into a decision, and his Manor House speech almost literally commanded the people to do the job that they keep parliament for, but there is no reasonable basis to imagine that anyone believed the decree nor obeyed his orders.
There appears to be no democratic basis for the referendum becoming a decision.
The government must explain how it happened.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
The Brexit referendum was not legally binding, but the government decided to act upon the outcome and begin the process of leaving the EU. A pamphlet sent out prior to the referendum stated that "The government will implement what you decide".
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