If there is a second EU referendum

[swaledale]

I am merely outlining what most informed people are saying is the likely outcome, why? because those who actually influence how the country is run, the establishment, the elite, global business will ensure that the deal is in their interests, which is access to the single market and free movement of labour, but feel free to come back and point out I was wrong.

No i said if in a general election a party which made leaving the EU if elected as their policy and they were elected then they would have a mandate!

Politicians have always made massive decisions without having a referendum everytime, wars, spending decisions, laws etc. Thats how it is in a democracy, some they get right some they get wrong thats what happens, not perfect, neither was europe but better than the alternative surely?

[macstheman]

Whilst I was a remain I have to agree about concerns over how the EU has evolved since the Common Market was created. It's rather like a rolling snowball that keeps growing uncontrollably until at the bottom of the hill it will hit something with unknown consequences. The thought of Turkey joining positively terrifies me, apart from the internal instability it's already coping with the effect upon radical Muslims across the Middle East is a further unknown in an already unstable relationship with the west. Unfortunately, the same feathering of your own nest that applies to our politicians applies (without apparent accountability) to the powers that be in Brussels and that should worry us all!! I don't recall being given a say on who joins this Union that I am supposed to be an enthusiastic supporter of!! Indeed, I don't recall any prospective EU candidate mentioning that during MEP elections. As for a Euro Army God help us!

A supporter yes but enthusiastic based solely on the economic benefits to this country definitely not. Dr Frankinstein sought progress but created a monster!!