re: #183 Backwoods_Sleuth

Or even better…admit that the entire Brexit campaign was a lie and revoke Article 50.

A big problem with that: the Brexit “split” in the electorate was pretty much 50/50 (regardless of the referendum results) - so either Leaving or Remaining is basically going to piss off half the people in the country.

Go to the BBC site and scroll down and read the comments: most of the folks motivated to post there seem fairly reasonable: but one train of comment stands out pretty clearly: the Leave people, for the most part, seem to take the June 2016 referendum results (much like Trump-humper extremists over here view his election) as an unassailable Holy Mandate for action: with no review, conditions or second thoughts allowed whatsoever (“Leave means leave!!!!”); and a fairly cavalier disregard of any negative consequences. And that any halt - or even a significant delay - in the exit process is to be violently resisted as a gross Betrayal Of Democracy.

BTW, one area where all the BBC commenters seem to be in near-unanimous agreement is that Parliament, and HM current Government in particular, have proved themselves to be, in general, a pack of useless idiots. Though for different reasons…..