This Saturday, there will be another march in London to support the Peoples Vote, which just means a second referendum. Whether I will be going to Park Lane or not, there should never be a second referendum.
This isn’t a matter that can be fixed by trying to use one vote to deny another vote. Brexit must be fixed by Theresa May, while she still can, by breaking off negotiations with the EU, apologising to the nation then cancelling Brexit.
Here is a speech that she could make:
When I came to power after the 2016 referendum, I saw it as my duty to implement the peoples’ wishes and steer a path out of the European Union.
After this month, I will have completed part of this task by concluding a withdrawal agreement. It is clear that we cannot achieve an orderly withdrawal without damaging our sovereign union. This has come about simply because we were not prepared or informed as a nation on the outcomes of our decision.
While I have no doubt that Britain could prosper outside of the EU, I cannot risk the entire economic security of the country in an attempt to blindly follow a misleading promise. Our contributions to the EU are excessive, and for that reason alone there will always be opposition to our membership. But the astonishing advantages of free trade, travel and co-operation between millions of people who previously lived only decades between violent wars is not something to be given up on a whim. We can still seek looser ties with Europe in future if that is our settled wish.
The people of Britain have nothing to apologise for in challenging the EU, but my government must apologise to the British people for offering them an option that cannot sensibly or morally be delivered. I must therefore cancel the Brexit process, and revoke Article 50. After this I will ask to dissolve parliament and resign my position.
While I accept that the last two years, and my current actions, have done irrevocable damage to the standing of parliamentary democracy, this is still preferable to the damage done to the entire country by shredding the links that our life and economy relies on without any cogent replacements.
