tigertot wrote:
As you will be aware, the vast majority of those wanting another referendum do so because the country is now more aware of the implications of leaving. If the vote was to leave, providing the leave campaign wasn't illegally bankrolled again, there could be no complaints over the result.
Whereas leaving without reconsidering is like going to Dignitas because you think you have a fatal illness, but once in Switzerland finding out you are actually ok, but you go ahead with it anyway no matter how ill informed you were originally.
What would you want the question to be on the ballot paper for the second referendum
May's deal
No deal
Miracle deal
Remain
You say there could be no complaints about the result but, if it remained close (in either direction) NOTHING would be solved.
I voted remain and still believe this to be the best position for the UK. However, Mrs May should have gathered ALL of the support in Parliament immediately after the referendum and found the best way forward, through consensus.
Instead, right from the start, she insisted on doing it her way, without taking opinion from others.
First of all she should resign and then the new PM, either through a GE or elected within the Tories has to "beg" for an extension to article 50.
Although you speak about people now being better informed and I fuly agree with you on this, those that voted leave have become far more entrenched in their views and nowhere is there any evidence of a significant poop in public opinion.
Finally, the "peoples vote" campaign is being driven by the "remain" side to keep us in the EU and whilst I would happily remain, there is something fundamentally wrong in driving this agenda (unless public opinion had moved significantly since the original vote).
