Alright, okay, I know, the people have spoken. Move on. That’s behind us. The future has yet to be determined. And so on.
No. Sorry. I am still here. Still back in the good old days when a fact was still, more or less, a fact. When truth wasn’t a moveable feast. When a lie wasn’t just dismissed because ‘that was then and this is now’.
And I know it’s boring, and I know I am repeating myself endlessly, but I am not able yet to accept the fact that there is no other option.
The people have not spoken. 37% of the electorate have, for a variety of reasons – and a good many not based on objective reality – voted to leave the EU. Or the Single Market. Or something. You certainly won’t get a single answer to that one.
If it was to bring sovereignty back to parliament, then how does parliament have the power to vote to trigger Article 50?
If it was to bring sovereignty back to parliament, then how does a vote by 37% of the electorate supersede a parliamentary democracy?
I have a fairly clear idea why the Remain campaign missed the real drive behind the Leave bandwagon, and why they lost the referendum vote.
What I am still struggling with is why our elected representatives are suddenly too frightened to accept the responsibility they were given as elected representatives, and vote in the country’s best interests.
Even if they voted on the basis of their constituency vote, it would still be a majority in favour of remaining. So are they really that scared of UKIP? Can that be the only reason so many have followed the herd?
When both the past and current leaders of UKIP have consistently been caught out in disseminating total fabrications, and I don’t mean Hillsborough, why are they still seen as a threat?
Or is the problem that large swathes of the population struggle to believe anything they are told, will accept anything if it appeals to a gut instinct that ‘something is wrong’, and therefore need to be pandered to.
So, if our parliament actually voted the way they would want to, and Brexit was cancelled, some may lose their seats in the next election. For those that did, a shame. For the country, a rescue worth a little sacrifice.
And, more importantly, all the effort being spent on endless negotiations could be put to better use – resolving the reality and apparent reality that let to the referendum result.
There are far too many problems that require solutions – Health and Social Care, Environment, Energy Provision, Housing, and on, and on – to continue the waste of 2 years of inertia.
So, how about a bit of old-fashioned truth. 37% of the electorate is not sovereign. Parliament IS sovereign. Parliament decides.
So decide.
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