In correspondence seen by the Independent, Grieve told a constituent the result of the first referendum had to be \u201ctreated with respect\u201d<\/em> but that a second vote could become democratically justifiable.<\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to accept \u2026 that the referendum result represents, at the time it was held, a clear statement of the majority view that we should leave the EU,\u201d wrote the Conservative MP, who was the government\u2019s chief legal advisor until 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIn a democracy such a result cannot be ignored. The government and Parliament must treat it with respect.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt is of course possible that it will become apparent with the passage of time that public opinion has shifted on the matter. If so a second referendum may be justified.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Grieve also urges the constituent to keep campaigning against Brexit.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is in a free society no requirement for us to change our opinions just because a current majority disagrees with them. Mine remain the same and I will continue to argue for what I believe is right and in our best interests.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The comments come after research suggested 1.2 million \u2018Leave\u2019 voters regret their decision.<\/p>\n The survey by Opinium, which accurately predicted the EU referendum result, was conducted after widespread anecdotal social media reports of people saying they only voted to leave the EU as a protest and now regretted doing so.<\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n It found that up to 7 percent of those who voted Brexit now regret it.<\/p>\n There have been a number of arguments put forward since the June 23 vote as to how the UK\u2019s departure from the EU might be slowed or stopped.<\/p>\n By law, the UK\u2019s legislatures in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland must be consulted before EU laws can be annulled \u2013 which could put a roadblock in EU Brexit negotiations.<\/p>\n Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has already said she will tell MSPs to refuse such \u201clegislative consent\u201d<\/em> if the Scottish parliament was required to ratify the UK\u2019s withdrawal.<\/p>\n Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty \u2013 the formal process by which Britain would leave the bloc \u2013 still hasn\u2019t been triggered. London and Brussels appear to have reached a stalemate as the EU has ruled out any possibility of informal talks on a Brexit until the article is invoked.<\/p>\n The referendum was advisory, not binding, and Westminster could technically refuse to ratify the result.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Public opinion shifting strongly against a Brexit could justify a second referendum, former Attorney General Dominic Grieve says. In correspondence seen by the Independent, Grieve told a constituent the result of the first referendum had to be \u201ctreated with respect\u201d but that a second vote could become democratically justifiable. Read more \u201cWe have to accept […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-254033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire","8":"category-latest-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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