This image from 'The Guardian' speaks volumes about why the elite, through their political wing, the tory party, want to railroad any deal, any kind of deal at all through parliament:
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'Brexit' Exposed' has this to say today:
ROTTEN PM, ROTTEN DEAL
We live in a representative democracy. Let Parliament have indicative free votes on every Brexit scenario, including the bad Theresa May deal.
If there is a majority for one, pursue it. If not, revoke Article 50 now.
“A People’s Vote is the most democratic way out of the Brexit quagmire. Brexiters are afraid that the people will give the thumbs down to their project, now that they can see how rotten it is.
Theresa May will today tell MPs that a People’s Vote would “break faith” with the public, do "irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics" and “further divide our country at the very moment we should be working to unite it."
When the prime minister talks about breaking faith with the people and damaging the integrity of politics, doesn’t she realise that the breach of faith and lack of integrity started in 2016? And isn’t she aware that, despite her promise to be “straight” with the public, she has failed to fess up to the dismal choices the country now faces?
Even now, May is refusing to bring her miserable deal to Parliament - leading to fears that she wants to “run down the clock”, leaving MPs with no alternative to her deal apart from crashing out (see below). If that really is her plan, faith in politics will indeed be terribly damaged.
What we now need is what we should have had all along: an honest debate. Parliament must be given the opportunity to vote on the prime minister’s deal immediately. But the reality is that there is only one way forward. MPs should throw their support behind a People's Vote.
A new public vote would be different from the referendum in 2016 because we now know more about what Brexit means. There is no deal that can meet all the promises made for it - nor one that is as good as the deal we already have in the EU.
Any effort to force Brexit over the line without checking that it has the continued consent of the British people will only reinforce divisions and make sure this controversy lumbers on for many years to come.
In a People’s Vote, the public will have the chance to give their considered view on the reality of Brexit. Voting on fantasies is demagogy. Voting on realities is true democracy. If the campaign is also conducted with honesty and respect on all sides, it could play a big part in bringing our country together.
It is vital that leaders who care about the national interest begin preparations for a People’s Vote that can sort out the Brexit mess. It can give our politics the clarity it needs to move forward, and our country the opportunity to move on from the bitter divisions of the past three years.”
- PeoplesVote, today.
Tom