Ivonne, the votes against a no deal exit were not binding votes, ie the government was not legally obliged to follow them. They would usually be politically obliged to follow such expressions of will by parliament but the new PM and cabinet clearly feels no such obligation. Come September there will be a huge battle of wills by parliament against the executive ie the government. There is much speculation that Johnson will have to call a snap election to get a mandate for his current strategy, claiming he is being blocked both by the EU, who refuse to accept his demand to remove the Irish backstop, and his own parliament, who will block his no deal exit strategy, from carrying out the Will of the People. Of course (in my view) nobody can precisely define that Will which is why we are where we are over three years after an advisory referendum.
Jonathan Callaway ● 2659d