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Yes, but as much as May is trying to make the argument of "80-something % of people voted for a party that wants to uphold the referendum result" and therefore turn a GE into a vote on Brexit, it just really isn't. Not only are there plenty of other important issues (as you say), but also the specifics of FPTP make it famously unwise to vote for anything but the two major parties. Which both said the outcome of the referendum would be 'upheld', with just as little detail on what that really means as the referendum itself contained.
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i meant that it makes sense that the opportunity for democratic expression in a general election would be preferable in one sense to a 2nd referendum as it avoids the criticism of "asking as many time as it takes to get an answer you like" -
my personal preference would be for a discrete vote on brexit since it would allow the next general election to be decided on other important issues