If you think Brexit will leave us weaker and poorer, march for a people’s vote | Timothy Garton Ash

Rather than walking the country off a gangplank and into thin air, parliament should go back to the electorate

Enough! Let us put an end to this national humiliation. Around the world, Britain is increasingly viewed with pity or contempt. Brexit, were it to happen, would be the most consequential and gratuitous act of national self-harm in our recent history.

It is now crystal clear that there is no available deal with the rest of the European Union that can realise even a fraction of Brexit’s stated objectives. The only good way forward is for parliament to put the question back to the people, and for the people to decide that Britain should stay in the EU. To achieve that, everyone who possibly can needs to turn out in London tomorrow to march for a people’s vote.

Ultimately I must be true to what we all know in our heads and feel in our hearts: the only good Brexit is no Brexit

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