I voted Leave, but now I realise we were conned

ISHARE the sentiment of letterwriter “SA” from Bristol, who voted Leave and thinks we should get on with things.

The problem is that only 37.5% of the voters and 26% of the population actually voted for Brexit, and then it was not clear what this meant.

Some prominent Leave politicians used slogans liberally, like “Take Back Control” and “Spend £350m a week on the NHS”. This latter figure was just made up. The head of the Leave campaign has since admitted that his side lied repeatedly to persuade people to vote their way.

So the whole June 2016 referendum was based on lies. Possibly there was criminal activity – the police are checking. There was overspend and the rules were broken.

Some Leave politicians said we could leave the EU but still have access to the Single Market and stay in the Customs Union. That’s not true! Now we see what Leaving really means, and Parliament doesn’t like it and nor does the public.

Repeated opinion polls show that most voters now favour remaining. A significant number of people have changed their minds.

Ultimately, what sways the argument is that young people must be allowed to have a say on the future of their country. It’s only fair.

If we have a “confirming referendum” then we can see what the public want, on balance, and we can sort this out. I voted Leave but now I see what it means, I realise we were conned and so we need a chance to have a second say. I hope SA can see the reasoning behind this. People who voted Leave were not “wrong”, and nor were those who voted Remain.

People were right at the time. This is just a chance to have a confirming say, which is democracy in action. It’s the only way forward now.