[mkingston]

I'm going to paraphrase the referendum choices here.

1. The status quo.

2. Imagine how things could be better. Don't constrain your imagination with realism.

It's a wonder option 2 only won by 2 percent. The only democratic way forward is to have a referendum on the final "deal".

[coldtea]

Well, the other side is also constantly going: "Imagine how things could be worse. Don't constrain your imagination with realism."

Let's check back in 1-2 years if the sky has fallen...

[mkingston]

But there's no referendum on that. My main point is that the referendum wasn't very sensible and should probably always have had two stages. X = "What kind of Brexit do we want" then "remain vs. X". I expect "hard Brexit" vs. remain would have gone the other way, for example.

And the way to rectify this is to have a referendum on the reality of the eventual deal vs. the reality of the status quo.

[fasafsaf3]

GB existed before the EU and will continue to exist after it.

[matthewmacleod]

Nobody thinks otherwise, but “the country will continue to exist” is a pretty low bar to achieve. I’m much more concerned about a massive spike in prices, people leaving the country, and difficulty importing and exporting goods.