EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

Various quotes today about a 2nd ref taking a minimum of 22 weeks from start to finish, not enough time to get it done by the EU elections in May (22 weeks from today is 19th June). This is why the calls for a second referendum (without revoking A50 first) are essentially doomed.

Actually, someone has come up with a cunning way to do it since MEPs don't take their place until July.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46894544

The new MEPs don't start work until July so the UK could just not participate in the EU elections in May.

However it does create a big problem if the 2nd ref then says "remain" as we'd have no MEPs. But that's much less of a problem than the current fuckup.