UK public should have final say on Brexit details: Analyst
People in the United Kingdom should be given the chance to express their opinion on how the country would leave the European Union in March of next year, a political analyst says.
Rodney Shakespeare, an author and a former academic from London, told Press TV on Sunday that increasing uncertainty about how Brexit will take shape has made it necessary for the public in the UK to have more of a say on the details of a deal that could regulate the future relations between Britain and the EU.
“There is not going to be a solution coming from the politicians, the only way for now is for the people of the land top make the proposal,” said Shakespeare, elaborating that the British parliament is deeply divided on who to deal with over the details of Brexit.
The expert said those who want a so-called hard Brexit have in fact no clear economic policy to manage the economic situation after Britain leaves the EU, adding that such a situation could lead to various problems including a huge increase in the number of low-paid jobs which could stoke divisions in areas like Northern Ireland and Scotland, which voted to remain in the EU in the 2016 Brexit referendum.
“If there is no deal in respect of the negotiations with the European Union, the UK will be in great difficulty,” he said.
“Those who want a hard exit ... they have no solution to the economic problems.”
The expert said the only way forwards for the UK is a soft Brexit and for that to happen, people should have a say through opinion polls on issues like how the trade will be regulated and how the free movement of goods and labor would be in the future.
“We need much more thinking by the people of this land who are now much more informed on the issues than they were previously,” he said.
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