Now, drac, I remember you continually scorning my point that a referendum could well be on the way. You were saying that there was no way that a second referendum could be held.
I’ve been against a ‘People’s Vote’ at this present time, even though I’m a Remainer, and I’m still deeply unhappy with it, but I think it’s coming.
I think it’s coming because it’s going to be a mark of the failure of the present parliament. If May’s deal is rejected – which looks very likely, I don’t think they’ll be able to agree on any alternative. I’m think that they’re going to stop No Deal, no matter what you or I say, but I’m not sure of that..
They will therefore have failed the ‘instruction’ of the 2016 vote. The referendum instructed parliament to leave the EU. They failed to agree a deal. Brexit has ended in bollox, but not because of a conspiracy. I don’t think they’re capable of organising a pissup in a brewery, never mind conspiring to bring about this mess. I think it was an incredible lack of political skill by may and her negotiators, and I think the task of squaring the task of leaving the EU and obeying international law through keeping the Irish border open couldn’t be squared.
Their failure to agree on what to do means that the decision on how to leave must once again go back to the people.
The only real alternative is that this Parliament could well end up leading us out of the EU without a deal – really. Now that would be bad, very bad, imho.