Sentences with phrase «respecting referendum results»

What does worry me about this case (and particularly about Baroness Hale's remarks) is that in a power squabble between Parl & Govt, the courts are stealing some of the constitutional power from both of them while they are looking the other way — but that has nothing to do with dis / respecting referendum results.

May's Conservative Party is split between «hard Brexiteers» who want a quick, clean, and total divorce, and party moderates who are keen to respect the referendum result but are concerned about the consequences of Britain abandoning its biggest trading market.

MPs who were critical of Brexit may no longer feel they had to support the government in order to respect the referendum result.

Fellow Tory MP Dominic Raab, a former justice minister, added: «The public will be shocked to learn that Labour's deputy leader in Brussels is telling the EU it doesn't need to respect the referendum result, and is manoeuvring to engineer its reversal.

But in his response to her resignation, he said it was right that their party respected the referendum result.

Wales voted decisively for Brexit and the so called «Party of Wales», Plaid Cymru should respect the referendum result.

Not exact matches

Joseph Biden was the first top American leader to make a statement, saying the U.S. wished Britain had voted to stay in the European Union but respected the result of the Brexit referendum.

With respect to downside risks to the growth outlook, one that is hard to gauge is the potential fallout from the result of the recent U.K. referendum.

Labour respects the result of the referendum and the will of the British people and will not frustrate the process for invoking Article 50.

Commenting on her selection, Trudy Harrison said: «This important by - election is an opportunity for the people of Copeland to send a message that the referendum result must be respected.

What is the truly honourable thing to do: to respect the result of the referendum, or to say what you believe to be best for the country?

Although technically advisory, Cameron had said he would respect the result of the referendum, and resigned after the results were announced.

We respect the result of the referendum.

Labour respects the result of the referendum and Britain is leaving the EU.

No problem Sunder, I am signed up to «Better off Out», however, I'm with His Grace in that I want a referendum on the subject of that came down with the opposite view to mine I would respect the result - for twenty years or so at least.

The government is determined to respect the result of the referendum.»

Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary — who voted for the second reading, has sought to walk a difficult line between respecting the result of the referendum and continuing to represent the views of pro-remain Labour voters.

Kicking off the debate yesterday, Brexit Secretary David Davis warned his parliamentary colleagues to «trust the people» by respecting the result of last year's EU referendum.

«That's something the Government can not ignore, the Conservative party, my Conservative colleagues can not ignore we stood on a manifesto saying that — as well as saying we'd have a referendum, we would respect the result, which we will.

The Governments have agreed that the referendum should have a clear legal base; be legislated for by the Scottish Parliament; be conducted so as to command the confidence of parliaments, government and people; and deliver a fair test and decisive expression of the views of people in Scotland and a result that everyone will respect...

Mr McDonnell today insisted Labour would respect the result of the referendum, but set out how Labour would challenge the Prime Minister's plan.

But his comments appeared to put him at odds with the Shadow Chancellor, who said voters would view continued single market membership as «not respecting» the result of the EU referendum.

«That is the decision that was taken in respect of the result of the referendum to leave the European Union.»

Although the result of the EU referendum was not legally binding many MPs still felt obliged to respect and uphold the result of the referendum.

It is therefore conceivable that a jury could today decide to convict an individual for treason felony under s 3 of TFA 1848 in respect of the Vote Leave NHS funding pledge despite the fact that MPs have voted to uphold the result of the EU referendum and trigger Art 50.

If this was the case then a jury may be comfortable reaching the conclusion that an offence has been committed and that MPs who voted to trigger Art 50 in order to respect or uphold the result of the EU referendum were «overawed» for the purposes of s 3 of TFA 1848.

The court case is not about whether Art 50 should be triggered, or whether the result of the referendum should be respected.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove, who was co-chair of the Vote Leave campaign, insisted the referendum result must be respected.