Maybe Buzz has the right idea. "To infinity, and beyond"? It's an option to just keep on voting now. "Suffragii ad aeternum"?Some commentators seem surprised that there wasn't 'an answer' from that 8-way vote. It didn't occur to me that there would be a single result. More that it would indicate some direction.
My own predictions were off in scale, although the lack of any MP vote on many of the options reduced the percentages. With between 87 and 208 non-voters (including May's so-called Cabinet), it is not surprising that none of the votes cleared a 50% threshold. I can understand there's be a number of non-voters, but why did it vary so dramatically?
Then the results - I've used the IfG graphic as a clear representation of who did what.
'Confirmatory public vote' had a much higher score than I expected. The rest were fairly in line with my expectations, subject to scaled back numbers.
Customs union is still a grudging top choice, with the Labour plan getting its whipped bloc vote into second position, although there's almost nothing between Customs Union and Labour Plan. The Common Market 2.0 drops away. Tribal logic dictates that only the 237 Labour MPs would vote for their option in any case. Any of the 'adjustment of terms' options are anyway dependent upon a combination of the Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration.
Revoke Article 50 slightly got more than I expected, but still isn't really in play.
I notice the magician's art of deliberate mis-direction. Some MPs biasing the public away from some of the ideas on the table. Keeping the main debate about WA vs No Deal. Everyone in the well-publicised mug shot about future Prime Minister candidates has that agenda. Power and Party over People. Pah.
Time for some Nirvana (the original 60s group) - Rainbow Chaser, complete with the phased orchestra. Phased, now there's a thought.
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