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On a more positive note, enough old people have died by today's date that the british population should now be in favour of remain.
I'm not convinced by this argument. I mean, since two years ago everyone's got two years older, so it kind of balances out, doesn't it? Yes, there are newly-eligible voters who are more likely to be Remainers, but at the margins there will be some middle-aged voters who have got that bit more comfortable and conservative in their outlook, who may be swayed to vote Leave.
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But MPs also can't revoke brexit because it's against the will of the people (yawn). Inevitably brexit will be delayed and inevitably there will be no consensus in parlaiment on the way forward. That will probably lead to a second referendum. If there is a second referendum, the only way of revoking brexit is having a second referendum with options for deal/no deal/remain. But everyone has already apparently voted to leave and both labour and conservative leadership are scared of upsetting the leavers so I wouldn't be so sure remain will feature on the ballot. And then pending the rise of the far right as a reaction to MPs failing to enact the will of the people, who knows whether Britain won't vote again for leave? People will also become more likely to vote leave if the economy tanks while brexit is delayed (because businesses decide to relocate to Europe), because they are more inclined to see unemployment as related to immigration than the calamity that will be no deal brexit.
On a more positive note, enough old people have died by today's date that the british population should now be in favour of remain.