It's kinda contradictory to want both a single market and restrictions on movement of people. You can't allow free movement of goods, services and capital and not allow free movement of people. Those four elements are so interlinked you can't separate one out and dismiss it.
Facts are, both Leave campaigns repeatedly lied for votes and now they've got the wheel with no manifesto or plan for what should actually be done next and we're quickly going to crash into the rocks. There needs to be a General Election now so we can choose a direction for the country, but Article 50 must be implemented ASAP to minimise disruption or god knows what will happen to the economy. Stuck between a rock and a hard place.
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Originally posted by FantasyRide
how on earth did the government allow this referendum with no back-up plan in case it didn't go the way they wanted? or any plan at all for that matter 
we are a laughing stock and we've damaged our relationship with the EU and our economy for no reason since no one is going to invoke art 50 until they're ready which could be years. |
What possible back up plan could there be though? They did everything they could by warning that voting Leave will cause panic in the markets that nothing can be done about, but 52% of people didn't care. The only choices they have to stop it is to reassure investors that the government will be ignoring the result of the referendum, or immediately start to negotiate a quick, calm and peaceful exit. (Which is kinda impossible considering the amount of work that needs done). They could've
not held the referendum, but it kinda needed to be done at one point or another, especially since it was promised and UKIP was picking up speed. Better a Conservative Government run it now than have a UKIP Government elected on the promise of a Referendum and literally nothing else.
They made sure that the Bank of England had enough cash in reserve to stop the banks collapsing and to keep cash flowing, so that's something?
