Hi Veronica
I'm loathe to make this too political (and will try to avoid openly party politically biased opinions), but I will apologise for the 'populist' nationalism and bigotry from elements of the British political scene. I am embarrassed by what is said, from people who would aspire to lead the country.
This whole debacle started out as a battle for control within the Conservative party (David Cameron thinking a public vote lacking any detail, would be thrown out by the electorate in the same way the Scots rejected independence for that lack of detail). He gambled wrong, and missed both a normal protest vote against the ruling party, but also a tide of populism that was exploited by the unique situation that the campaigners weren't going to be responsible for implementation, so outlandish claims were made to win votes, with those claims never having to be backed up by policy in Parliament.
For the large part, that is still where we are today, locked in a battle for the leadership / direction of the Conservative party, with Davis, Johnson, Rees-Mogg etc. trying to unsettle the leadership by seeking to speak for the populist voice / voice of the 51%. In doing this they hope to either lean the final deal more to their liking, or position themselves for a leadership attempt later this year / early next year.
Labour are not in a much better position, with many of the poorer areas they represent, voting for Brexit. Thus they will be just as divided, and add to this their own fears of schism as the party moves back to the traditional left-wing, after the Blair/Brown years where they attempted to take the centre, even centre-right position from the Conservatives (hoping to drive the latter further right). Labour's problem is their grass-roots are exerting their will to return to genuine left wing / socialism, but their MPs from the Blair/Brown years are positioned as centre / centre-right / centre-left and are fighting the move.
It is not at all out of the question that we end up with a temporary grand alliance between enough Conservatives MPs, and enough Labour MPs for a compromise that keeps the hardline Brexiteers silenced, but that keeps Thersesa May in power until the deal is done. Indeed I suspect every politician recognises that it's an impossible situation for anyone to lead us through such self-interest and tribalism. Keeping her propped up until that moment, then dropping her like a rag doll, is I'm sure in the minds of many.
Personally I hold out a vain hope that we'll get a public vote on the terms of the deal, with 3 options:
- Deal
- No Deal
- Remain in the EU
However IMO we don't deserve this for voting for something so ill-defined and nebulous. The last 2 years, where we've still not got any clarity, despite taking up the vast majority of Government time, should have been expected. However as a populace, we chose to put ourselves in that situation and so we can only blame ourselves.
Regards
Ian