And if parliament ignores the referendum outcome, what was the point in holding it in the first place?

Many people clamouring for another referendum are also supporters of the Corbyn led Labour Party. If you want the dire predictions of a worthless currency, stock market collapse, flight of foreign companies, mass unemployment etc to come true quickly - simply elect Jeremy and his comrades to power.

It has shaken politics to the core and revealed the fault lines that divide our country. That these are now being taken seriously is the benefit. What we mustn't do is throw the baby out with the bathwater. I am convinced that many, if not actually most, of those who voted to leave did so without fully understanding the consequences and primarily because of a desire to "stop" immigration and to "take back" control. If they had known the consequences and that these desires were never going to be fulfilled in the way they imagined then I doubt if they would have voted the way they did. This was very badly handled by the Cameron government but we now need the parliament, as a whole, to grow some balls and act together to rescue us from a mess that most can see and which is completely avoidable. I think Mrs May probably can see this, as can the bulk of the Labour MPs. Orchestrating the moves toward it won't be easy. UKIP have no power in parliament and seem to be self destructing anyway, thank goodness, so isolating the dinosaurs on the right wing of the Tory party the only real problem. By the way, I am not a Labour voter and have no time at all for Corbyn, whose attitude is of no use to this situation at all.

Edited by Wisbech Eagle (19 Oct 2016 9.44am)

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Corbyn hasn't argued for another referendum has he? Source if so please. Can you remind everybody of Corbyn's Labour Party manifesto? I don't think they've released one. They've published some policies that point to a more equitable, fairer society. What policies do you think will bring the country to wrack and ruin?

You didn't mention your thoughts on lib dem and tory remainers. Is it all going swimmingly in the Tory ranks?

Is this was the case then A) we, the public should never have been put in the position of power that we were in making the choice and B) its the fault of all politicians, letting it get to this stage.

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I didn't say that Corbyn has called for another referendum, in fact he has said we should respect the peoples' decision.
Corbyn released a list of 10 key policies. Along with various Socialist Father Christmas type promises of solving the housing crisis overnight and shoveling yet more billions into the bottomless pit of the NHS, he wants to nationalise the railways and buses, dismantle our defence capability, give free rein to the unions and have no limits on immigration.
To fund it all he will somehow 'grow the economy' and increase 'progressive' income tax to 'shrink wealth inequality'.
What is also significant of course is (as I have alluded to before) that many of his close associates are even further to the left than him, one an actual Communist Party member and apologist for North Korea - he is tipped as the next Labour Party General Secretary.
Do you think international businesses, stock market investors and other creators of wealth would want to operate under such an old style socialist regime?

Edited by carlonoil (19 Oct 2016 10.55am)