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Originally Posted by Damien
Well that's the governments prerogative. Still the 48% still have a voice and are entitled to use it. The vote entitles, obliges even, the government to go ahead with Brexit but it doesn't mean the 48% have to be quiet.
I think it's a mistake the way the Government seem to have chosen a very confrontational approach to those who lost the referendum as if it were a landslide. They seemed to delight in stirring the worst fears of Remainers such as refusing to guarantee the status of EU workers which, since they almost certainly will be ok, was just pointlessly provocative.
There will be hard Remainers that will stop at nothing but that's not the bulk of the 48%. Many are normal people with concerns about their jobs, pensions and so on. They should be brought on board and not dismissed as Remoaners. I believe most people Brexit or Remain are very similar and want similar things, the ideologues are a minority in both camps.
We've seen in Scotland what happens when you make the issue all-or-nothing and I think May's conference speech was the equivalent of Cameron's speech the morning after the Independence vote. A spurned opportunity to call for a consensus in favor of appeasing to your base.
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l respect totally the Brexit decision of the electorate as that is how it is but if some and l say some Brexiteer's think we should all keep quiet and go into a little dark corner and not debate rationally the significant consequences of the Brexit decision and what it all entails for all our futures then that is rather disappointing.