1) Frustrating that people like @Fox_Claire cannot move beyond simplistic thinking and recognise if something like the Ref question was not actually a binary choice it's *pointless* pretending it was.
#Brexit *is* more complicated than that, hence our current mess
#Brexit *is* more complicated than that, hence our current mess
@Fox_Claire 2) the actual choices presented to the people in the ref were:
a) a fantasy free #Brexit
b) a pointless but low cost soft Brexit
c) a meaningful but costly hard brexit
All polling indicates a large part of the 52% voted for a) because it was offered. But it doesn't exist
a) a fantasy free #Brexit
b) a pointless but low cost soft Brexit
c) a meaningful but costly hard brexit
All polling indicates a large part of the 52% voted for a) because it was offered. But it doesn't exist
@Fox_Claire 3) so what do we do now?
We can probably assume people didn't vote for pointless Brexit such as we have with May's deal, but all polling indicates they certainly didn't vote in any numbers for a painful brexit & would react badly if it was delivered
We can probably assume people didn't vote for pointless Brexit such as we have with May's deal, but all polling indicates they certainly didn't vote in any numbers for a painful brexit & would react badly if it was delivered
@Fox_Claire 4) how do we "follow the will of the people" if there is no clear expression of that will?
There's no point shouting "we need to Leave" if we don't know the kind of Leave a majority would accept
There's no point shouting "we need to Leave" if we don't know the kind of Leave a majority would accept
