Sovereignty is a word we will hear a lot over the next few months. Brexit supporters say we need to leave the EU because it’s a threat to Britain’s sovereignty. According to the Mayor of London (yes, he is still that) parliament lost its sovereignty in 1972 and the only way get it back is to leave the EU. At least, I think that’s what he said but even Carl Gardner (who knows a lot about all this) wasn’t entirely sure what he meant.
Fortunately, for those of us who would like to understand the idea of sovereignty in a bit more detail, there are plenty of people writing more clearly on the subject. There are two important points.
Firstly, on parliamentary sovereignty; parliament can make any law it likes. As Carl explains:
When we say Parliament can make any law whatever, we really mean it. It’s a radical idea, that many law…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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