As a Remain voter who believes that Britain must leave the European Union, I’m finding the Brexit seas ever harder to navigate. In particular, the siren call of the outraged Remainers grows louder.
I have little time for many people on the Stop Brexit extreme of the debate, and that includes those who hide beneath the cloak of calling for a People’s Vote. Such people did as much as the headbangers on the no deal side to kill attempts at compromise that could have seen Britain leave with a deal and even – my preference – continued membership of the Single Market. Even Remainiac pin-up Ian Dunt – rightly – laments the People’s Vote campaign’s assault on the Norwegian option as irresponsible ‘purity politics’.
My preference in all this is an outcome that respects the central decision to leave the EU in a way that has political legitimacy. That means something that at least takes account of the views of everyone affected by that exit, and not just the opinions of the self-proclaimed tribunes of 2016’s majority.
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