[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by jfman

Indeed.

Dismissing possibilities that are “could” out of hand on that basis ignores one important element which is “likelihood”. If 100 things are in a list of bad things that could reasonably happen it’d take a stroke of luck for none to happen.

Similarly we “could” strike excellent trade deals outside the EU with no evidence we will.

It’s obvious the leave campaign has one last stand which is to deny a public vote on the basis it’s anti-democratic and fight for the same outcome. Engaging in the merits of leaving or remaining is a recipe for defeat.

The usual ploy to use democracy to usurp democracy. We had a Referendum in 2016 and the government of the day committed to implement the result. It was even in their pamphlet:

https://assets.publishing.service.go...for-the-uk.pdf

"This is your decision. The Government will implement what you decide."