O/T DDay for Brexit..well sort of...

[Redshank]

It's only my opinion but it was leave or remain every house hold had a leaflet put thro their letter box explaining what would happen. If all politician's had got behind brexit instead of spending their time undermining trying to derail and delay brexit we could have got a better deal. If you speak with one voice the other side have to take you seriously its just my opinion

Exactly!

Too many remainers trying to overturn the referendum result from the off. BANG OUT OF ORDER!

They should have accepted the result and got on with helping to negotiate a Brexit that reflected the closeness of the vote rather than try to screw the whole thing up.

Another one to add to Blair's catalogue of crimes.

[ragingpup]

Exactly!

Too many remainers trying to overturn the referendum result from the off. BANG OUT OF ORDER!

They should have accepted the result and got on with helping to negotiate a Brexit that reflected the closeness of the vote rather than try to screw the whole thing up.

Another one to add to Blair's catalogue of crimes.

Wouldn't a Brexit that reflected the closeness of the vote of 52:48 be a very soft Brexit? If it is found that the majority of the house fall behind a soft Brexit (leave with CU and close alignment with the SM, which would I think reflect the national public feeling as far as we can gauge it with 48% remaining and x% wanting to leave with a deal and small but significant minority wanting No Deal) and take that to the EU for agreement, would you be happy with that? After all, it would satisfy Stovic's wish that MPs speak with one voice enough to secure a deal?

[Redshank]

Wouldn't a Brexit that reflected the closeness of the vote of 52:48 be a very soft Brexit? If it is found that the majority of the house fall behind a soft Brexit (leave with CU and close alignment with the SM, which would I think reflect the national public feeling as far as we can gauge it with 48% remaining and x% wanting to leave with a deal and small but significant minority wanting No Deal) and take that to the EU for agreement, would you be happy with that? After all, it would satisfy Stovic's wish that MPs speak with one voice enough to secure a deal?

"Happy" is the wrong word but personally, yes, I'd be prepared to go with something along those lines in light of the marginal vote. Norway plus? It wouldn't necessarily have to be straight EEA membership but that type of alignment is probably the best option.

However the cookie crumbled after such a close vote there was always going to be strong arguments on both sides.
A big hindrance to moving things forward though has been staunch remainers trying to reverse the vote. That will solve nothing.

We're not going to "have our cake and eat it" but everything was/is up for negotiation. Who knows what we could achieve if "all our side were on onside".

[ragingpup]

"Happy" is the wrong word but personally, yes, I'd be prepared to go with something along those lines in light of the marginal vote. Norway plus? It wouldn't necessarily have to be straight EEA membership but that type of alignment is probably the best option.

However the cookie crumbled after such a close vote there was always going to be strong arguments on both sides.
A big hindrance to moving things forward though has been staunch remainers trying to reverse the vote. That will solve nothing.

We're not going to "have our cake and eat it" but everything was/is up for negotiation. Who knows what we could achieve if "all our side were on onside".

Good post.