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I don't think the leave vote represented a desire to stay in the EU but reform it though. If remain had won 52:48 but politicians had decided that it was best for us to leave as we couldn't get the deal we wanted I doubt people would have been of the view that that was reasonable.
If you look at the post brexit vote opinion polls there doesn't seem to be a great element of buyers' remorse, people still want to leave the EU even though it's evident that no-one has a clue what the plan is.
aggi-
I don't think
Or don't know.
Far-reaching constitutional change should not be based on supposition, assumption, and straw polls (including the referendum itself).
It demands thorough, nonpartisan investigation, analysis and debate.
Leave or Remain - This point stands independently of any view of the UK's membership of the EU.
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I don't think the leave vote represented a desire to stay in the EU but reform it though. If remain had won 52:48 but politicians had decided that it was best for us to leave as we couldn't get the deal we wanted I doubt people would have been of the view that that was reasonable.
If you look at the post brexit vote opinion polls there doesn't seem to be a great element of buyers' remorse, people still want to leave the EU even though it's evident that no-one has a clue what the plan is.
I think a better analogy would be remain winning 52/48 and politicians taking that as a green light to join the Euro. Given that a narrow win for leave means that we're heading for the hardest version of the headbangers brexit.
NotThamesWater
HousecatHST
Not ignoring does not mean making potentially irreversible constitutional changes based on am extremely flawed vox pop straw poll, predicated on fantasies and outright lies.
It means understanding what it is about EU membership that ~50% of the voting population has a problem with, and seeking options to remedy that.
That is listening to the will of the people, not making broad inferences that meet your own agenda for personal and party-political gain.