British Prime Minister Theresa May walks away after she spoke with the media at an EU summit in Brussels. Photo/AP.
BREXIT must proceed
The BREXIT process being currently stalled - seemingly by "brinkmanship" deployed, highlights a fundamental factor affecting democracy worldwide.
The 2016 referendum produced a 52 per cent - 48 per cent result. Some say - "slim result"; others say - "significant result, given the relatively high voter turnout".
Simplified
analysis of that result is -
1. London voters favoured staying in Europe; the rest (except Scotland) favoured a split with Europe;
2. the youth vote was very low (albeit verbose now);
3. to leave to enable the UK to -
a. limit immigration; and
b. recover sovereignty out of the European Courts.
Once a fair vote opportunity was held, there was never room later "to cry over spilt milk". Being decisive, that decision should and must be acted upon.
For a democracy government's future ability to govern in an orderly fashion, there is no room to claim a second chance to review the decision. BREXIT must proceed, with or without European agreement - and the Europeans certainly won't want the consequences of a "No Agreement" BREXIT!
