Commons statements megathread

I've been concerned with how many people think that holding a second referendum guarantees not leaving Brexit, as if that's just a given at this point. Of course, it should be a given if every single member of the electorate were well-informed and non-partisan about the absolute disaster of a government of the last two years, but if people were well-informed and non-partisan, we wouldn't be in this spot to begin with.

For my part, though, despite thinking it lunacy I'm actually OK with people voting to leave this time. The first vote can hardly be called the will of the people when people were simply voting for status quo vs. unquantified change. This time around they'll be voting for status quo vs. a specific, defined change, which is vastly different. If people still believe this specific, defined change (whether it's May deal or no deal) is better than the status quo, rather than pinning blind optimism on a not-yet-negotiated deal, then more power to them to completely ruin their own nation.

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