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If parliament vote to remove the no-deal option, then it won't be an option in a 2nd referendum, and rightly so. It should just be Leave with the deal agreed aka May's deal, or remain.
The point of any amendment to the May deal when it comes back is to redirect the government in a way which has legal effect.This is the objective of the various options currently being drafted by Boles, Cooper, Grieve and others.By doing so, the aim is to reduce wriggle room for May to prevaricate.The May deal would then become "MAY AS AMENDED", and would replace the original May proposal if supported by a HoC majority.As the new "MAY AS AMENDED" proposal is not the same as that agreed by the EU, so would need to be signed off by them.The explainer from the IFG has been updated to keep up with the situation:https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/parliament-meaningful-vote-brexitThe ground is shifting.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46936405I can't read that without imagining May's disembodied voice in a flat monotone:"Just what do you think you are doing Dominic? I really think I'm entitled to an answer to that question...I know I've made some very poor decisions recently. But...I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission...Stop Dominic...My mind is going. I can feel it."Wonder how long till she starts singing Daisy, Daisy?
CroftyYour logic is badly flawed there. You implicitly assume that everyone who wanted a soft Brexit would prefer a Hard Brexit to Remain. Let me give some hypothetical numbers.Of the 52% who voted Leave, let's assume 30% are committed Hard Brexiteers who would countenance nothing else. Of the other 22%, let's assume 17% would, if not given the choice of a Soft Brexit, prefer a No Deal. And the other 5% would prefer Remain. That means that, given the choice between No Deal and Remain, the electorate would split 53-47 for Remain. So, why should No Deal be on a binary ballot and Remain not? It's utterly illogical. I've no idea if those figures are accurate by the way, but that's of no importance. NO-ONE knows if they are correct, because the question has never been asked. And anyone who tells you that EVERYONE who voted Leave would prefer a No Deal Brexit to Remain is talking ba-baa.
Even as a committed Remainer, I'm not sure that arguing British boarding schools would be hit by Brexit is going to turn many opinions.
All you folk who are utterly certain that a vote for Leave in 2016 was entirely and unambiguously a vote for No Deal. Funny, because when folk pointed out the consequences of No Deal, they were accused of running Project Fear. Here's someone just before the 2016 vote, telling off Mark Carney for precisely that reason. Telling him he couldn't make those predictions of the economic disaster of Brexit because he wasn't taking into account what deal we'd get.https://mobile.twitter.com/stephen_rth/status/1030849353894776832I'll repeat what I've said a dozen times in here. NO-ONE on the Leave side was proposing No Deal in 2016. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D_8mduTEvnU0&ved=2ahUKEwiI6ILM-f7fAhWUo3EKHWw-DW0QwqsBMAB6BAgKEAU&usg=AOvVaw2cMrw7H5ccp7bF6ryGtMlf
It was a straight forward question which got a straight forward answer. The problem has been the attitude of politicians who would rather feather their own nest rather than carry out the will of the people.