Brexit Metaphor No 94.
When you pick a fruit from the tree, this is a "no turning back" moment: you cannot re-attach the fruit back to the tree. Similarly, when you offer the people of a country a referendum on an issue, it looks like this will be a "no turning back" moment, whatever the outcome.
Yet, some types of fruit (bananas, apples, peaches) keep ripening after they have been detached from the branch. In the same way some people keep learning more about the issue put to referendum for months and years after the vote took place.
Since the 2016 EU referendum, many "Leave" voters who chose to engage with reality and learn more about the EU have changed their mind and would now vote "Remain". Shouldn't they be entitled to be given a voice again, or are they expected to just "go bananas"?
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| Bananas (Source: Wikipedia) |
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Why do Brexit politicians have to explain what trading on WTO terms means if, as they claim, voters knew everything they were voting on back in 2016?
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