Timeline for What political motivations were provided by Brexit proponents besides these?
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| Jul 11, 2016 at 14:53 | comment | added | WS2 | @ScottSeverance As was pointed out by the great European enthusiast Lord Heseltine, no country has "sovereign control over its affairs" (except perhaps North Korea). Especially since the arrival of globalisation, we all form part of a world village, regulated by a panoply of international bodies, UN, IMF, WHO,WTO etc, and numerous treaty alliances. But far more relevant than any loss of national sovereignty is the fact that a Referendum has driven a ten-ton truck through the sovereignty of Parliament. As Thatcher pointed out referendums are the tools of dictators and demagogues. | |
| Jun 29, 2016 at 18:28 | vote | accept | J.Todd | ||
| Jun 29, 2016 at 13:33 | comment | added | Scott Severance | @gerrit: I would argue that your definition of sovereignty is too narrow. The mere possibility of secession doesn't mean that an entity has actual, present sovereign control over its affairs. At best, it means that the entity has potential future control, i.e., potential future sovereignty. | |
| Jun 29, 2016 at 9:46 | comment | added | gerrit | @ScottSeverance If Canadian provinces and Scotland have that right, then they are indeed essentially sovereign by my definition. However, it is my understanding that a Scottish independence vote would have to be approved by Westminster; if Westminster can effectively veto a Scottish independence move, then Scotland is not sovereign. Brussels certainly cannot veto UK withdrawal from the EU. | |
| Jun 29, 2016 at 1:06 | comment | added | Scott Severance | @gerrit: If the UK is obligated to implement in its law decisions in Brussels which it may disagree with, that isn't really sovereignty, is it? (By your definition, the Canadian provinces are also sovereign, since they have a recognized right of seccession. And Scotland is already sovereign, since they have the right to an independence vote, although their Parliament is subject to the whims of the Westminster parliament.) | |
| Jun 28, 2016 at 15:34 | comment | added | gerrit | @ScottSeverance As long as the UK can decide at any moment to leave the EU, it is already sovereign. | |
| Jun 28, 2016 at 15:33 | comment | added | gerrit | Please explain how the Syrian refugee crisis is related to freedom of movement, which applies only to EU citizens. | |
| Jun 25, 2016 at 1:31 | comment | added | Scott Severance | Isn't sovereignty also a major issue? The BBC seems to think so. (And if I were British, it would likely have been my biggest concern.) | |
| Jun 24, 2016 at 21:37 | vote | accept | J.Todd | ||
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| Jun 24, 2016 at 20:47 | history | answered | Jimmy M. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |