UK Conservative Party chairman says Brexit must be binding

[uawchild]

Source: Reuters

Britain's vote to leave the European Union must be binding, the chairman of Britain's ruling Conservative Party said on Sunday, and Article 50, which formally starts the exit process from the bloc, would be triggered before the next election.

Patrick McLoughlin, who was made party chairman by new Prime Minister Theresa May last week, told the BBC's Marr Show that the vote for Brexit meant Britain must now get control of its own borders and that immigration must be reduced.

Asked about a report in the Observer newspaper that an "emergency brake" on the free movement of people was being discussed, which would allow Britain to keep access to the European single market, McLoughlin said: "let us see."

"I'm quite clear that the referendum result is binding on parliament," he said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-result-binding-idUSKCN1040I5

[Hokie]

1. Complete BS. The referendum was non-binding

McLoughlin probably knows that and is just lying.

[pampango]

2. Of course it was legally non-binding but conservatives want to treat it as binding.

A Conservative prime minister called for the Brexit referendum hoping to placate the far-right wing of his party. Now they Now the new Conservative prime minister has to act like it was binding or his party will tear itself apart.

[Helen Borg]

3. Exactly...

[goldent]

4. Practically speaking, I think it is binding

[Denzil_DC]

5. Not only wrong on that,

but constitutionally ignorant: No UK parliament can bind its successors.