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Originally Posted by Hugh
Next week, I think most of the ERG back May for the 3rd Meaningful Vote, confident they can wreck the treaty at a later date.
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I think that’s the only pragmatic stance they can take. Until about a week ago they could still have told themselves No Deal was there to play for but parliamentary manoeuvrings since then have made that impossible. The EU27 will easily agree a short technical delay to allow the WA to be implemented, and they will hold their noses and agree a very long extension if, by the time May goes to the summit, the WA has not been ratified. That very long delay puts No Deal off the table in all but name and pretty much guarantees that Brexit, if it eventually occurs, will be far softer than the present deal allows. It also increases the risk of a further referendum occurring, or a general election. In essence, if the ERG have a brain cell between them they will see that now’s the time to cut their losses and vote the WA through.
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Originally Posted by jfman
That’s fine. However proves why the referendum was a bad choice. You are actually admitting that given a period of time the population as a whole will change their mind!
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If subjected to a two year campaign of orchestrated chaos by EU and British government negotiators, all of whom wanted Remain to win and still think that in an ideal world Brexit shouldn’t happen, then yes, a population can be induced to change its mind.