I know Brexiteers hate the idea of another referendum but with the struggle to agree in Parliament maybe the way to break with deadlock
and respect the 2016 result is to delay BREXIT whilst the public are given the option to decide on what basis we leave.
There should be 2 options on the ballot paper
- Leave with No Deal
- Leave with a deal backed by a Parliamentary majority
The no deal option would be the current default option if no deal is agreed
The deal put forward for option 2 would be arrived at by taking a series of votes in Parliament to see what options would get the support of Parliament and then narrowing them down to the preferred option. Each of these votes should be a FRee Vote ie no party political whipping.
Mrs May's deal has been rejected on multiple votes in Parliament but could be considered yet again in the selection process for a preferred deal option.
I said on 25th June 2016 on this forum that I would probably support a Norway type deal. As we stand today I would vote for just about anything that was an alternative to no deal but I would like the alternatives discussed in an adult way in Parliament and a consensus reached which is then put to the public.
This route would honour the 2016 result but put to bed the nonsense that all brexiteers understood when they voted that No Deal was going to be the right way to leave. That is simply not true as my recent discussions with 8 leave voters has confirmed (even though 5 of them now would vote for a no deal option). They are educated people who felt agreeing an exit deal would be relatively easy and who considered themselves well informed at the time of the 2016 vote.