Quote Originally Posted by WES View Post
There is no moral or democratic justification but there is a practical one imo. The fundamental issue is that parliament does not believe that the referendum was a vote for a no deal exit and they are terrified that if they go along with one and the economy goes into the toilet they will lose their seats in the next GE. That is why we can't progress. My referendum proposal would resolve that.

Would it bring us together? Of course not, only time and a lot of it will do that. But it will allow us to take the next step.
The thing often overlooking about this parliament is that they absolutely do not accurately represent the people on the main thing that the people currently care about. Leavers voted Tory and Labour in the last election under good faith that they would implement the referendum result as promised in the manifestos. That faith has been shown to be misplaced. If for the sake of argument we assume a roughly even split then around half of MPs should support leave, but perhaps only a quarter do. If this parliament cannot implement the decision we need to elect a new one, with the chance to vote for MPs who reflect the views of voters, not the elites.