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Originally Posted by MTVN
David Davis made the point though that Brexit is the outcome of a manifesto pledge by the government to hold an In-Out referendum this parliament so people were aware when they were electing the Conservatives that this was a possibility. I can't see there being the appetite for a general election amongst any of the main parties - the Conservatives don't want to risk their majority given how unpredictable the polls have become, Labour don't want to risk losing a lot of their seats given the state of their party, and the SNP don't want to risk their monopoly of power in Scotland. The Lib Dems would be the most enthusiastic for an election because they probably would make a fightback in the South-West where a lot of areas did have a Remain vote. I don't really think there's much appetite for a general election in the country either after the laborious EU referendum coming only a year after the last general election and inbetween that we have had local elections as well. People would probably rather a period of stability where the government could get on with business without everything being seen through the prism of another election or another load of endless promises on the campaign trail which never come to fruition.
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That would have been fine if the govt had a plan for both scenarios of in and out, they did not,
They had no plan for out in their manifesto,
Also the manifesto stated negotiations would take place if the Conservatives got an overall majority and a referendum to be held by the end of 2017.
It is all done now just over a year in and there is no plan for exit.
In light of that, all parties should now present their plans for exit to the electorate and allow them to decide who deals with same.
Whether that be a majority Conservative govt,majority Labour or a coalition of 2 or even more parties.
It should not just now be an automatic carry on, tearing down the manifesto pledges,the planned surplus is now dropped from the manifesto too.
At the very least an election should be held next year,preferably in the Spring, when all parties can agree their positions on the exit strategy by then and have the electorate make their choice.
No way should the new PM be able to dismantle most of the manifesto and deal with the exit negotiations without their own mandate.
That is and should be outrageous.