First legal attempt to prevent Brexit

[VectraMan]

So one day in the future, we have a referendum to impliment sharia law. Would you want the government to abide by the result?

I don't want the government to abide by this result. But it looks like they will.

Not much point in having elected politicians if you don't trust them to make the decisions.

[SunnyInHades]

So one day in the future, we have a referendum to impliment sharia law. Would you want the government to abide by the result?

Yes.

However calling such a referendum would arguably incite violent civil war, not measured debate.

[AtW]

I don't want the government to abide by this result. But it looks like they will.

Not much point in having elected politicians if you don't trust them to make the decisions.

Referendum should have much higher power than any elected politician - direct expression of peoples will is sacred.

What should not happen however is getting simple majority for really big decisions: 2/3s for Constitutional matters is a must.

[darmstadt]

If there was ever even the slightest hint of a vote in favour of sharia law, I'd be so far away from the UK I wouldn't give a flying wotsit about who implemented what.

Isn't the new PM an advocate of Sharia law? Theresa May hails ‘benefits’ of Sharia as inquiry set up into ‘misuse’ of Islamic law

[SueEllen]

Isn't the new PM an advocate of Sharia law? Theresa May hails ‘benefits’ of Sharia as inquiry set up into ‘misuse’ of Islamic law

Decisions made by religious "courts" aren't legally binding in the UK linky

[darmstadt]

Decisions made by religious "courts" aren't legally binding in the UK linky

Yeah, but, no, but yeah...The law is an ass and can be changed anytime by a despotic Prime Minister who was a tyrannical Home Secretary and a

[Mordac]

Isn't the new PM an advocate of Sharia law? Theresa May hails ‘benefits’ of Sharia as inquiry set up into ‘misuse’ of Islamic law

What politicians say while they are trying to get elected, and what they actually do when they become elected, are often totally different. Sorry if that comes as something of a shock to you, but it really shouldn't.

[darmstadt]

What politicians say while they are trying to get elected, and what they actually do when they become elected, are often totally different. Sorry if that comes as something of a shock to you, but it really shouldn't.

Not to me, but I think it came as a shock to a lot of people who voted Tory at the last general election

[SueEllen]

What politicians say while they are trying to get elected, and what they actually do when they become elected, are often totally different. Sorry if that comes as something of a shock to you, but it really shouldn't.

May doesn't say much so it's hard to work out when she is lying.

I do remember the Go Home Vans

[NotAllThere]

Referendum should have much higher power than any elected politician - direct expression of peoples will is sacred.

Not in the UK. It's the will of parliament that's supreme.