[joeysteele]

Having talked to people who voted leave here in the UK, I got several reasons why they voted that way and a fair number 'just for a change' were the words used.

I think this govt. has made the whole thing farcical and I could even be led to believe that possibly they hope for more spanners to be thrown into the works possibly because they do not really want to do this.

I expected article 50 to be at least triggered just after the party conferences were held, it is this govt. who put 9 months from the date of the referendum to a currently preferred date by end of March.
By doing so, look what has actually come up meantime and also what has been allowed to gather momentum too.

Some who voted leave want a hard brexit, others want a more softer arrangement and I know people who voted leave who feel it was a waste of time and that it may even never come about.
I think it will but it does seem increasingly likely now that with her small majority as a govt. Theresa May will have to bow to a softer arrangement as to leaving.
That will suit me of course, however I feel pretty sure many who voted leave will likely be really upset and who in fact must already be fed up of the farcical way this has been played out by both remain supporting and leave sides.

Putting leaving aside and coming back to the thread title, really Theresa May could have really taken the bull by the horns and guaranteed the status of EU citizens already working here, that may have warmed the EU and Angela Merkel to to do the same for UK citizens.
Then work on the new arrangement after leaving as to any kind of free movement both ways.

That was the best chance to stop these people and their lives being bargaining chips and Theresa May failed to rise to that challenge.
In fact she seems to be clueless and failing to lead in any way on the issue whatsoever.

She for sure is no match for Angela Merkel at all, who is a strong leader and usually gets her way too.
I actually have a lot of time for Angela Merkel as a leading politician on the World stage.