I hope all these Tory MPs coming out and backing May turn into

[Sir C]

Okay, fair enough.

I thought the whole point was to leave it.

We're not allowed to, apparently. Because what we vote for is irrelevant. Apparently.

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

We're not allowed to, apparently. Because what we vote for is irrelevant. Apparently.

1. The vote said Leave the EU, it said nothing about the CU or SM.

2. Not one of the Leave campaigns said we would have no deal. They all promised the easiest, cake and eat it deal in history. However, Parl should never have countenanced a referendum which it couldn't enact. As a deal required the consent of the EU as well as parl, there was no way a vote could specify any deal, unless the EU and the UK had agreed the future arrangements before the vote.

So we are, in effect, enacting the vote which was a choice between Remain and whatever deal the UK PM returns with which commands the support of Parl.

We should have had a remain vs no deal vote 2-3 years ago. Given we didn't we should have one now. Have May's deal (and Norway, too, if you want) on the first ballot and then use 2nd and 3rd prefs to get a winner.

The only possible argument against this is from Brexiters who haven't changed their mind, and don't think others should be allowed to. Or Brexiters who wanted no deal when they vote leave and therefore think everyone else should have done.