A second referendum would be a disaster for Britain

While the current political landscape of Britain is unpredictable, the Labour party would be much more likely to call a second referendum and risk tearing our country apart.

As the Prime Minister’s Brexit Deal grows ever closer to meeting its inevitable end in the halls of the Commons, Britain turns to the alternative paths that she may take.

There are countless debates to be had about the nature of a no deal departure, or the potential positives and negatives of holding yet another snap election. However, one option that truly baffles the brain is the prospect of a ‘People’s Vote’, or a second referendum. Our country is no doubt divided. A gulf has opened up in British politics, one that everyone feels greatly.

The future of our great nation really does hang in the balance and the decision our representatives take will alter the fabric of the country forevermore.

It is this division that makes the prospect of a second referendum more terrifying than ever. For a country so fractured, to divide the population in another bruising campaign would be devastating for all generations. Make no mistake, this is no democratic opening for people to air their true opinions but it is instead a cynical way to steal back the result and keep Britain shackled to a crumbling European Union. We know this when we hear what the proposed question will be for this so-called ‘People’s Vote’.

Right now the consensus (although small) is that the choice shall either be May’s Deal or Remain. If current polling is correct, those who cast their vote for Leave in 2016 want neither. This muffles the voice of millions and exposes the true nature of these arrogant campaigners. Furthermore, to ask the people once more is a ridiculous idea when we consider the fact that we have not even left yet. Surely to gauge the situation and cast an informed vote, one must know all the facts.

All we have learnt so far is that the British government is incapable of negotiating and that the EU really is the power hungry political monster all Leave voters knew it was. A curt glance at the negotiations so far reveal that fact very plainly.

My next point, in regards to this bogus notion of a ‘People’s Vote’, is the absolute fallacy of referendums in the first place. Clement Attlee, although not sharing many of my views, made a fine point when he called referendums ‘alien’ to the UK political system. They are not legally binding, they are poorly regulated and the outcome that arises from them is never certain. While I agree one needed to be called in 2016 amongst the growing frustration, they should be usually avoided and to call another one so soon would be a foolish swing in the dark which is something those same campaigners accuse Brexit of being.

It is clear right now that the situation is against the PM. I extend my sympathies to the prime minister, as many do, but right now she cannot win that crucial vote. It seems to many Leavers that No Deal is the only way we can leave. I’m sure I speak for many when I say trusting Labour with Brexit would be like trusting a wolf in the chicken’s pen. They wish to sell us out just the same, with a so called ‘customs union’ with the EU that many European officials have already rejected.

While the current political landscape of Britain is unpredictable, the Labour party (likely propped up by radically left-leaning opposition parties, in the case of a minority) would be much more likely to call a second referendum and risk tearing our country apart. It is not unlike Jeremy Corbyn to sacrifice his principles.

The man that once called the EU a ‘bureaucracy’ that is ‘totally unaccountable to anybody’ is now the one throwing his hat into the ring of betrayal. If we want to avoid decimating trust in democracy, we must stand firm against this call for a ‘People’s Vote’ and make clear that we do not wish to be asked again like a naughty school child being told to apologise for doing something untoward.

So next time someone you know wishes for there to be a rerun so they can finally command those foolish people who voted Leave to reconsider, kindly show them the door. They’re really not worth the trouble.