a) Parliament is sovereign.dsr wrote:No, what people are saying is that it is binding. Or should be. It is sometimes claimed that Parliament is sovereign - which I certainly hope it isn't, because in a democracy Parliament must never be sovereign - and therefore the same people (mostly) claim that Parliament is entitled to change its mind about carrying out the people's lawfully expressed wishes if they think the people have got it wrong.
But what some of us are generally saying is that for the government to offer a referendum, to promise it is binding, and then to say that it wasn't binding after all and they were going to ignore the result because it was wrong, would be such a flagrant and outrageous flouting of democracy that it just could not happen.
b) the referendum result will be implemented unless there’s new direction from the electorate, via an election or referendum, not to do so. No one is saying otherwise as far as I’m aware.