So I see there's a lot of "Well MPs should have voted for May's deal" takes going round.
REMINDER: May's deal was *really* unpopular with both Remainers and Leavers. In June 2019 @chrischirp and I found it was the least popular Brexit outcome. There's a reason for this. 1/5
REMINDER: May's deal was *really* unpopular with both Remainers and Leavers. In June 2019 @chrischirp and I found it was the least popular Brexit outcome. There's a reason for this. 1/5
It's inherent in the nature of Brexit, where any possible outcome is a trade off between sovereignty and economic damage.
Remainers generally preferred to limit economic damage in return for continuing to abide by EU rules. Leavers generally preferred full fat sovereignty... 3/5
Remainers generally preferred to limit economic damage in return for continuing to abide by EU rules. Leavers generally preferred full fat sovereignty... 3/5
... as most of them believed that there wouldn't be any economic damage from Hard Brexit/No Deal.
May's deal hit the sweet spot where Remainers hated it because it was still Hard Brexit and would cost jobs and livelihoods. But Leavers hated it because it still bound the UK...4/5
May's deal hit the sweet spot where Remainers hated it because it was still Hard Brexit and would cost jobs and livelihoods. But Leavers hated it because it still bound the UK...4/5
...into a fair amount of EU regulations and limited the UK's ability to do its own trade deals.
It was a compromise solution that united the country in disliking it. And therefore it's not altogether surprising that MPs voted it down. 5/5
It was a compromise solution that united the country in disliking it. And therefore it's not altogether surprising that MPs voted it down. 5/5
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