...and some Remainers are now happy with Leave vote Federberg. Polls have also shown that the country doesn't want a second referendum.
The 18-25 group represent 8 years out of 62+ year voting span.
I'd rather not have student politicians dictating to the country thanks very much... I remember what they were like when I was at Uni and the insane level of youth unemployment on the continent doesn't point too well to the aspirations of the EU aligning with the young either.
Good luck with the "advisory" theme... if they choose not to implement it... after insisting they would execute on the result then all confidence in politicians will be lost forever.
I'm not sure what you mean by "Good luck with the advisory theme". If you read what I said, I reported on what some people are saying, and dismissed it. Of course it would be flouting the democratic will, which is why I also think it's silly.... i.e. my writing "Good luck with that!"
No doubt compromises will be made, but your premise that the EU needs the UK more than the other way around is flawed. You keep talking about German trade with the UK, and you're correct the UK is a large export market for Germany. 3rd behind the US and France last year. There was a period about 3 or 4 years ago, when the global financial crisis was still fresh where the UK took top spot, but that didn't last long. Still 3rd is hugely significant. I'm not sure where you get the idea that tariffs are the worst thing that can happen. Neither Germany or the UK have a particular history of protectionism and I don't expect that to happen. What is of far more significance in trade are the intangibles. Specifications, trade compliance etc. The UK by it's choice of isolation perforce has no power to impose restrictions, nor would it, given it's history of openness to trade. But on the other hand, the EU will have rules and regulations that the UK will still have to comply with in order to gain access, and here's the thing, now that they're no longer a part of the EU they can't argue against the stupid rules as they used to, and Germany and the Netherlands were happy for the UK to take on that role. That's gone now. If you think the UK will have a leg to stand on with the nitty gritty of specifications with either the EU, US (which also has a huge number of detail in its rules) or even China then you're mistaken. You talk about regaining sovereignty but the reality is that a huge amount of economic sovereignty has been lost.
I'll say one thing, the UK has the sort of flexible dynamic thinking that will enable us to flourish despite these things, but this has always been my point. Leaving the EU does not necessarily grant the UK greater sovereignty. In many ways a lot of that has now been abandoned.
