XPost: uk.politics.misc, uk.d-i-y, uk.radio.amateur 
 From: dave@davenoise.co.uk 
  
 In article , 
    Steve Walker  wrote: 
 > >>> Would a vote to remain have stopped Farage and the anti-EU press 
 > >>> constantly calling for another referendum, then? We know the answer as 
 > >>> regards Farage, since he said it on live TV. 
 > > 
 > >> He said it wouldn't be the end of the matter.  He didn't say he and all 
 > >> his supporters would have tantrums and do their level best to interfere 
 > >> with the democratic process.  Personally, I would have accepted the 
 > >> result until further information or material change came to light that 
 > >> justified the issue being reopened. 
 > > 
 > > Have you a short memory? After the referendum, we had a general election. 
 > > With May asking the country for a decent majority to carry out Brexit. 
 And 
 > > she ended up with no real working majority. And UKIP decimated. 
 > > 
 > > Why do you think that was, if 'the will of the people' was a nice clean 
 > > quick Brexit? 
  
 > Both the major parties stood on manifestos of respecting the result of 
 > the referendum. 
  
 And what result would that be? Crashing out or a new deal? That is the 
 problem with a binary choice of in or out. Even more so, given leave 
 promised us a much better deal than being a member would be easy to 
 achieve. 
  
  
 > Therefore votes for Conservative or Labour were votes 
 > for parties that said that they were intending to leave. The two parties 
 > between them got the vast majority of the votes. 
  
 But neither could agree among themselves just what sort of a deal they 
 could accept. Only a tiny number wanted to crash out with no deal. 
  
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