The letter below, published in The Week (October 19), suggests the Remain-backing establishment risks undermining the principle of democratic consent. In my opinion they have already very seriously damaged the principle of democratic consent, and if the vote to leave the European Union is set aside they will have destroyed it.
Referendum Confusion
To The Daily Telegraph
I am yet to hear a single advocate of another EU referendum explain why anyone would trust Parliament to implement the result. If the first referendum was advisory and the electorate did not understand the question, why would a second referendum be binding and clear?
Moreover, since the Remain side has already been defeated by the massive margin of 1.3 million votes, the only democratic choice available on a hypothetical ballot paper would be between the Withdrawal Agreement and leaving with without a deal.
Britain’s Remain-backing establishment risks undermining the principle of democratic consent with its determination to overturn the result of the “once in a lifetime” referendum.
Philip Duly, Haslemere, Surrey
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