Brexit confusion deepens yet further

Anybody who thought a vote for the UK to leave the EU would lead to a fairly straight-forward exit from the trading bloc has been proved dramatically wrong over the last few months.

The oft-repeated mantra of “Brexit means Brexit” would be fine – if only anybody actually knew what Brexit means.

As political gambles go, the decision to call a referendum on our future within the EU was surely among the most catastrophic in history.

Whether you voted to leave or remain, it has been impossible not to watch in slack-jawed amazement as our political masters have grappled with a result they so clearly failed to anticipate. Indeed, in terms of political bungles it is perhaps only eclipsed by the subsequent decision to call a snap general election in a bid to secure a “mandate” ahead of the Brexit negotiations.

It has not been a vintage couple of years for those in power at Westminster, and now there are renewed calls to ensure Brexit means anything but Brexit with dozens of high-profile figures calling for the leave vote to be reversed.

Those making the claims suggest there is a genuine desire to pull away from the brink of an EU exit.

However, as with all things Brexit related, quite how such a dramatic reversal could be achieved remains unclear.

Presumably a second referendum would be required — and the public appetite for a return to the polls is surely the one thing that can be accurately predicted.