British government steps up pressure on parliament over election vote

Flextention until January the 31st gives MPs the time to scrutinise the deal, something Johnson has been desperate to avoid. If and when the deal is voted through Parliament then we should have a General Election.

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Britain is being held "hostage" by Parliament. Elected representatives in Parliament continue to refuse to follow the will of the people and "leave" the E.U..

"Britain is being held "hostage" by Parliament. Elected representatives in Parliament continue to refuse to follow the will of the people and "leave" the E.U.."

1) Parliament is Sovereign.

2) MP's are representatives, NOT delegates. They ARE NOT under any obligation to follow the electorate's "madness".

3) Of course not knowing the difference between a representative and a delegate will lead to the sentence in quotes.

Peeping_Tom - 2) MP's are representatives, NOT delegates. They ARE NOT under any obligation to follow the electorate's "madness".

3) Of course not knowing the difference between a representative and a delegate will lead to the sentence in quotes.

You are the only one who has used the term "delegates" in either the story, or this thread.

It's obvious that many elected representatives in Parliament do not believe that they are under any obligation to follow the will of the people. Or even the will of their constituents who had elected them. In a democracy, elected representatives are supposed to be under obligation to follow the will of the people. Royalty, OTOH, isn't under obligation to follow the will of the people.

"You are the only one who has used the term "delegates" in either the story, or this thread."

And I know why.

"It's obvious that many elected representatives in Parliament do not believe that they are under any obligation to follow the will of the people"

Because they don't have to.

"The first duty of a member of Parliament is to do what he thinks in his faithful and disinterested judgement is right and necessary for the honour and safety of Great Britain. His second duty is to his constituents, of whom he is the representative but not the delegate. Burke's famous declaration on this subject is well known. It is only in the third place that his duty to party organization or programme takes rank. All these three loyalties should be observed, but there is no doubt of the order in which they stand under any healthy manifestation of democracy.

— Winston Churchill, Duties of a Member of Parliament (c.1954–1955)"

"Code of conduct UK Parliament, 2019"

Part 3

"6. Members have a general duty to act in the interests of the nation as a whole; and a special duty to their constituents"

NATION FIRST.

Constituents secondary and never before/above Nation!

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmcode/1882/1882.pdf

Peeping_Tom - "You are the only one who has used the term "delegates" in either the story, or this thread."

And I know why.

Of course you do. You are the one who introduced the word into this conversation.