JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Look, people can march as much as they like, but > realistically we all know it?s not going to be put > to a public vote again. > > I think marches etc are fine for purposes of > keeping public pressure on government, but I hope > no one is kidding themselves that it will actually > to any kind of referendum, plebiscite or vote. Nor > should it, to my mind (and everyone is free to > tell me I?m wrong). We elect officials to lead the > country, and this is part of it. The final deal > will be so complex that there?s no way the whole > of the voting public can be expected to comprehend > it in enough detail to render a considered vote. > That?s not to call people stupid, just that this > is a sodding complex issue way beyond the realms > of Twitter. > > I?m still really angry that the govt has been so > idiotic thus far, and part of me hopes the whole > thing is a clever Trump-esque ?method in our > madness? scheme, and not the amateur hour it > appears to be so far. > > We?re going to be arguing about it for a long time > regardless... Joe, to extract the country from the EU is a complex issue (as you say) which the current government has shown itself incapable of dealing with due to TM having to deal with the different factions in her own party. I for one have no confidence that they are capable of deciding what is best for the country, when in my opinion they are deciding what is best for each of them individually. If it's a case of a 'people's vote' or parliament deciding, I will accept it. This is on the proviso that MP's are not whipped into voting one way or another.Leaving will be a disaster in my opinion. A free vote after debate is the best option. Then at least the UK will get the country it deserves.