That's why the government put out a pamphlet before the referendum (one in which many accused of being biased towards remaining). In that leaflet it stated that leaving the EU would entail leaving the Single Market and Customs Union.
Since that vote, we have seen many an MP push to remain in the EU when their own constituency voted to leave. This and the subsequent General Election saw the two main parties stand on a manifesto that said they would respect the vote and enact it.
Yet here we are, of two years spinning around the drain plug and in effect achieved nothing beyond disenfranchising people of our political process.
SO yes, no positive outcomes will happen as credibility and respect has been lost on so many levels.
Only way to break this enpass IMHO would be to cancel article 50, reenact it. Do another referendum and then total up the votes from the 1st and 2nd referendum and if we stay in the EU - we stay, if we leave, we go and plan for WTO and if the EU (one of many collectives in the World) want to do a trade deal, great, otherwise it should not get in the way and hold everything else up.
That approach, respects the initial referendum, appeases those who now say everybody changed their mind.
I would say though, that any second referendum has all MP's as neutral and they just deal with facts, no opinion, no FUD, no doom and gloom posting, no statistical waxing, no forecasts - nothing that is not a clear and solid fact - just actual facts.
But whatever happens, I lament how the EU has missed the opportunity to action this reform they have mooted for years and what Cameron initially sought and got palmed off with some token concessions instead that lead to him having to hold a referendum.
The EU could of and should of looked at reform, that would of offered the people of the UK something different and a clear reason to do another referendum vote. Instead - pig-headed politics has prevailed on both sides.
But let us not forget - UK PM position is akin to seagull management, Cameron did something that did not go his way to he left instead of fixing the mess. May now in effect going to do the same thing by saying agree my deal and I'll quit - leaving you all to sort it out. Utter madness, but that is politics.
In short - politicians will say anything to get your vote, even lie and political manifesto's are not legally binding contracts. In effect, they can not only lie, but legally get away with it with the crux being - you can lie to get votes.
Much needs to change in politics and nobody has any faith that is going to happen.
We had a vote on proportional representation - that got shot down by the public. Which is ironic as that is how they are treating the referendum result.
Since that vote, we have seen many an MP push to remain in the EU when their own constituency voted to leave. This and the subsequent General Election saw the two main parties stand on a manifesto that said they would respect the vote and enact it.
Yet here we are, of two years spinning around the drain plug and in effect achieved nothing beyond disenfranchising people of our political process.
SO yes, no positive outcomes will happen as credibility and respect has been lost on so many levels.
Only way to break this enpass IMHO would be to cancel article 50, reenact it. Do another referendum and then total up the votes from the 1st and 2nd referendum and if we stay in the EU - we stay, if we leave, we go and plan for WTO and if the EU (one of many collectives in the World) want to do a trade deal, great, otherwise it should not get in the way and hold everything else up.
That approach, respects the initial referendum, appeases those who now say everybody changed their mind.
I would say though, that any second referendum has all MP's as neutral and they just deal with facts, no opinion, no FUD, no doom and gloom posting, no statistical waxing, no forecasts - nothing that is not a clear and solid fact - just actual facts.
But whatever happens, I lament how the EU has missed the opportunity to action this reform they have mooted for years and what Cameron initially sought and got palmed off with some token concessions instead that lead to him having to hold a referendum. The EU could of and should of looked at reform, that would of offered the people of the UK something different and a clear reason to do another referendum vote. Instead - pig-headed politics has prevailed on both sides.
But let us not forget - UK PM position is akin to seagull management, Cameron did something that did not go his way to he left instead of fixing the mess. May now in effect going to do the same thing by saying agree my deal and I'll quit - leaving you all to sort it out. Utter madness, but that is politics.
In short - politicians will say anything to get your vote, even lie and political manifesto's are not legally binding contracts. In effect, they can not only lie, but legally get away with it with the crux being - you can lie to get votes.
Much needs to change in politics and nobody has any faith that is going to happen.
We had a vote on proportional representation - that got shot down by the public. Which is ironic as that is how they are treating the referendum result.