British Prime Minister Theresa May announces new Brexit ministers, July, 2016. Kirsty Wigglesworth /Press Association. All rights reserved.A few voices can be heard suggesting that a second EU referendum may be possible at some point before Brexit is set in concrete. Others argue, in return, that this would be undemocratic. Yet it is surely entirely reasonable to argue that Brexit is the biggest, most disruptive and negative event in UK domestic and foreign policy since world war two, and so to want to attempt to change minds.
If strong pro-EU arguments (stronger than in June’s referendum), together with the impact of Brexit, started shifting the polls on Brexit strongly, and if those in favour of a second EU referendum argued that they could achieve a new deal with the EU, there could at least be a case for a second vote.
Yet a second EU referendum looks unlikely for seven main reasons.
