Day 343: Brexit

Today my Californian friend T.  sent me an e-mail asking me to explain why the British don't just take a new vote since they can't seem to agree a way forward and must have realised by now that the original vote was based on lies and deceit by the Brexiters.  So here are some reasons why rerunning the vote is still a long shot:

1. The Prime Minister (Theresa May) converted to Brexit after the vote and like all new converts she is now "more royalist than the king" as we say in France.  Se feels her duty is to execute "the will of the people" even if no one is quite sure what that is anymore.
2. The Leader of the Opposition (Jeremy Corbyn) is actually a life long opponent of the EU and would prefer to just ignore the whole subject.  Although most of his party is now against Brexit he is still avoiding making any decisions on the subject if at all possible. 
3. Although their would be large theoretical majority across parties in Parliament for stopping Brexit or having the softest possible version.   The Right/Left divide is still stronger then the Pro/Con Brexit divide.
4. Many politicians are afraid to be seen as reversing "the will of the people".  For some reason a new vote would be seen as anti democratic.  Of course that makes no sense since if you accept that referendums are democratic then surely you can have as many as you want. (The whole problem is that referendums are not a good way to resolve complex problems).
5. If there were a new referendum nobody knows what the question would be.  Would it be Stop Brexit or Mrs May's deal?  Or No deal Brexit vs Staying in the EU? Or a 3 way choice?
6. At this point in time after close to 3 years of Brexit drama from morning to night the British public's main attitude is one of utter boredom with the whole subject.  Many people just want the whole thing over and done with, irrespective of the outcome.

My friend gets a point for giving me  a Blog subject.  And I will mention that with 23 days to go before the end of the competition 4 readers are still in the running to come out top.  Everything is still possible even for those who are seemingly far behind. 

2 Bonus points to the first person who can tell me in which Blog post I first mentioned Brexit.