Anti-BREXIT forces are clearly aiming to bring about a second referendum with the question skewed in favour of remain - i.e. something along the lines of: "Do we leave the EU with no-deal" or "Do we remain in the EU"? They (and the EU leadership) know that they can only be 100% certain of winning a second referendum if the question is loaded.
The current battle for the Tory leadership is rapidly turning into a war by proxy for a second referendum with the likes of Hammond and others declaring that they will not support any candidate who insists that 'no-deal' should still be an option.
The simple facts are:
1. IF 'no-deal' is not left on the table, we will never know what deal the EU might really have been prepared to offer. Johnson is right when he suggests that any negotiating team, which genuinely wanted to achieve the best outcome for the UK, would be stupid to rule out 'no-deal' at the outset.
2. WHEN we voted in June 2016, the question was not 'Should the UK leave the EU - but only provided it has managed to secure favourable terms and conditions from Brussels?' The question was simply: 'Should we leave the EU?'
The current battle for the Tory leadership is rapidly turning into a war by proxy for a second referendum with the likes of Hammond and others declaring that they will not support any candidate who insists that 'no-deal' should still be an option.
The simple facts are:
1. IF 'no-deal' is not left on the table, we will never know what deal the EU might really have been prepared to offer. Johnson is right when he suggests that any negotiating team, which genuinely wanted to achieve the best outcome for the UK, would be stupid to rule out 'no-deal' at the outset.
2. WHEN we voted in June 2016, the question was not 'Should the UK leave the EU - but only provided it has managed to secure favourable terms and conditions from Brussels?' The question was simply: 'Should we leave the EU?'
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