Devils_Advocate wrote:If Parliament goes down the democratic route of a peoples vote and it is obvious Remain will win are there any brexiteers on here who would put the greater good of the country first and support the government just scrapping Brexit all together to save all the cost, time and uncertainty another referendum would bring?
I like to think there are some Brexiteers who would put their country and fellow countrymen first above their selfish political persuasions
Hogwash
Brexiteers who aren't prepared to reconsider can't be accused of having "selfish political persuasions" because this is a cross party issue. It transcends mainline politics and individual whims or it should do at least. The main problem is that far to many people are basing their decisions on what is best for them and not what is best for everyone now and in the future.
Remain would certainly win, as I've explained before. All those that voted remain have no reasont to change their vote, but some brexiteers might change because they are tired of how long this mess has gone on for and they have lost all faith in the ability of our politicians to get a respectable deal.
The brexit contingent would stand to lose votes and the remainers would gain votes. This could have nothing to do with the brexiteers changing their minds about what they actually feel is best for our country, they are simply more likely to back down and switch to bring the issue to an end. It is a deplorable strategy of obvious voter manipulation and nothing more. With the last vote being so close only a small percentage shift would win the day for remain.
When you consider that the majority of our politicians want remain, doing a U-turn would be rewarding them for failure or covert manipulation of the electorate.
Your statement "put the greater good of the country first" is based on the unsupported supposition that remain is the greater good option, which was the minority opinion at the last count.
The democratic decision has already been made and the result of the one and only leave/reamain referendum should stand. The only issue that should be considered in a referendum is the nature of our departure, which would be a choice between a managed exit, a Norway or Canada fudge and no deal.
Including remain as an option in any referendum would be an immense disservice to democracy. It would have divisive consequencies that could not be aligned with the greater good. We would be plotting a course for a playground best of 3, best of 5, best of 7 and so on.