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Thibault Jamme

Brexit: A referendum on the destination may be too late.

By Thibault Jamme | Tue 13th September 2016 - 10:53 am

The following quote from Tim Farron’s recently published plan worried me slightly: “We demand that the British people should have their say on the final deal in a referendum.”, the idea being to have a referendum at the end of the 2 year negotiation period dictated by Article 50.

On paper, this sounds great.

I am however afraid this is not feasible because no-one actually knows for sure whether we can pull out of the Article 50 process once it is started, even if some reputable sources ‘think’ it is possible. The ‘think’ part must not be ignored. We …

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