Brexit Thread

[Sarmatian]

As much as Brexit might be toxic for the sitting government not triggering Brexit would be lethal, there's no way to defend ignoring a Referendum without inflaming the sentiment that voted to leave the "anti-democratic" EU.

A majority voted to leave, unless there is a substantive change, like a war or a financial crash, there's no way out of the trap. Parliament serves the people, and the people have voted to leave. Nowr is it apparent that a vote in Parliament is required to trigger Article 50, only that one is required to ratify the exit agreement.

People change their minds all the time, and what was once a pressing concern might become a non issue later. The politicians could stall for a few years, under the guise of preparation, or supposedly by trying to get EU to negotiate before Article 50 is triggered, or the old "we need another six months before we make our move otherwise X would happen which would be catastrophic".

By that time the world economy might be picking up, the streams of refugees a thing of the past and suddenly EU is not the big baddie anymore. The current lot of MP's are replaced and new ones point out that the referendum was basically a glorified opinion survey from some years back and new opinion polls show that majority of people now don't want to leave and it would be very undemocratic to vote according to what their constituents wanted several years ago rather then what they want now...

I don't see that scenario as impossible.