Chukka, Soubry et al could resign and trigger by-elections if they so wished. What Shaun said in post 2 was effectively false.Dallas wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 3:21 pmI have no idea at all on the actual rules but automatically assumed that because of the number of times both Chucka and Soubry have been asked to call a by-election instead of giving excuses - wouldn't they just say I'm not allowed to if it wasn't within their power?
They stood at the last election on manifestos that vowed to respect the referendum result and leave the EU. Surely to resign and stand anew would be the honourable thing to do?