Because? Surely its up to parliament
And now that May is PM, a remainer, anythng is possible IMO
She will have a hard job persuading the exiters, but now with more power in her hands, watch this space
Either way I think she will do a better job than cameron and I aint no tory
She has a problem because most MP's were Remainers;
MPs who want to overturn the EU referendum result have been told “the people have spoken" and there will be no parliamentary veto.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/688447/Brexit-parliament-vote-Article-50-MPs-referendum-result-vetoParliament gave it's approval by voting on the Referendum Act. It seems illogical for them to approve an Act allowing the Electorate to vote and then to reject the result.
I'm actually impressed by the stance of the government which seems to have accepted the result.
It was, of course, a governmental exercise. The only way to stop it in my opinion is to force a general election as a new government could argue that
they made no promise to implement the result.
Would a vote of no confidence in the government succeed? The Conservatives have 330 seats out of 650, so Conservative MP's would have to vote against their own government.
All MP's would have to consider if the Electorate would be impressed by the refusal of MP's to accept the will of the people. Even those who voted Remain may find themselves wondering 'what if' they had voted the other way?
Once again, the issue boils down to one of democracy. Do MP's represent the people or not? Judging by their actions since the referendum all the evidence says many of them don't.