Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
Arguably the worst bit about Brexit is that no-one can say for certain what people voted for when they voted leave. The referendum slip simply said Membership of the European Union. Nothing else.
Since then, there's been talk of hard Brexit, soft Brexit, Norwegian-style etc etc, with leave voters advocating which they prefer. Some leave voters want us to stay in the single market and customs union, some don't. All this has led to confusion, no direction in negotiations. When there's a whiff of us staying in the single market, the harder Brexiters and the right wing media are up in arms; when there's a whiff of us suggesting we leave with no deal, those not favouring a hard Brexit (which includes plenty of leave voters) are up in arms. The whole thing is a mess that no-one can agree on.
So who is going to decide? It's basically now down to the further right leaning faction of the Conservatives (and the media who back them) vs the more moderate Conservatives. The winners will decide what form Brexit will take. Basically, our future outside Europe will be determined by whichever Tory group can bully and strike the hardest blows on the other to get their way. That hardly seems democratic to me. My money is on the far right Tories winning out. They have the most to lose by not having a hard Brexit. They are traditionally the nastiest when it comes to a battle.