Wouldn't It Be Good If We Could Have A Positive Debate About Brexit

Brexit crept up on me.  I didn't take the possibility of a referendum on the subject actually being held seriously.  It didn't look much like David Cameron would win a majority in 2015 so it hardly figured in my thinking back then.   When he did win I didn't think he'd actually go through with it.   After all he came up with an elaborate pantomime about going to Brussels to negotiate a new relationship.  When to my surprise he actually called the referendum it didn't look at all likely the phobes would win.  

Is It Going To Happen?

The strongest argument for keeping going with Brexit is that respecting the democratic will of the people is more important than any other consideration.  And that is certainly true.  So long as there is no real evidence that the 52% who voted to leave have changed their minds then all the arguments in the world that we shouldn't leave count for nothing.  At the moment, no such evidence has appeared.

The Real Reason The UK Is Leaving The EU?

There's a technique in the Quality Assurance business called the 5 whys.  If you have a problem with a product or a process you ask why it happened 5 times.  Why did the brake fail?  The lining was too thin.  Why was it too thin? The drawing was wrong.  Why was it wrong?  The engineer hadn't been trained.  Why wasn't he trained?  There is no training department?  Why is there no training department?  The owner of the factory hasn't set one up.