Originally Posted by
DaveyJohn
Everyone has their own personal slant on it, so I'm not saying that my view is the gospel truth. But I voted based on what was on the Ballot paper. To Leave. No mention of a deal, just to leave. If you want to flip that line of thinking on its head, why don't we the slice Remain vote into all the sub categories? Remain and accept any version of Remain, Remain but only if the EU reforms, Remain and sign up to Schengen and the Euro, Remain and Sign up to a Federal Europe. If Remain had won the vote, would we be able to legitimately state that the Remainers voted without knowing exactly what "Remain" entailed?
I know many people who voted to remain for no other reason than they didn't want to be on the same side as people like Farage. Quite happy to be on the same side as the equally noxious Tony Blair, but they didn't want to be on what had been painted by the media as the "Evil" side. The side full of "xenophobic little Englanders." "We don't want to be on that side, we know sod all about the EU policies but we'll vote to stay cos thats what all the humanitarian celebrities are doing." Would Leave voters be able to demand a second referendum based on the fact so many people voted Remain without knowing what that actually meant, or couldn't demonstrate on a ballot what "Remain" looked like?
I am starting to feel I want a second referendum now, No Deal vs Remain. Then I would be very interested to see what would happen should No Deal win the vote. If Remain won the vote, then naturally I'd want a third referendum and cite that Remainers didn't know what they were voting for. And so it goes on........