Thread by @JolyonMaugham

There is a majority in the country for revoking Article 50 and a majority against No Deal (mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-6…).

If Article 50 is revoked - a far more likely possibility than the opinion formers in the media are telling you - there needs to be a process for trying to address the democratic deficit it creates. I have drafted such a process and large numbers of MPs are publicly supporting it.

Yes, it creates a democratic deficit. But let's be honest: so does every other option, including a public vote and the Withdrawal Agreement.

But the process in the Motion - ie a public inquiry followed by a possible referendum - does one important thing no other option does.

It listens. It creates a process where the many different voices of the people can be heard. A process in good faith that could yet lead to our departure from the EU.

We need to listen to one another.

Leavers are told by Remainers what they voted for - and that they will not get it. But Remainers have not listened.

We have failed to create public spaces in which different Leavers can talk with care and honesty, and be heard respectfully, about what they want.

And Remainers are told by Leavers what they are - haters of democracy or enemies of the people or sore losers.

This is a sour caricature of reality. There are proper and genuine concerns about the 2016 referendum and what followed. Leavers need to engage with them, thoughtfully.

If South Africa could do it after apartheid, we can do it here. We can ask in good faith "whether a model of a future relationship with the European Union likely to be acceptable to the European Union is likely to have majority support in the United Kingdom."

And we can listen.