Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post
You cannot ask the electorate to decide on the detail of the arrangement as the detail they select is not necessarily going to be negotiable.

NB. Recall the Commons have only voted for 1 solution up to now. That is the Brady amendment. Apparently it isn't feasible, the EU won't agree.

So you cannot have a 2nd ref, or a ref with any detail. You have to say Leave or Remain and then carry out the result with the executive sorting out the detail.
WP, you've made the point a few times that you can't have a referendum on details as it would be too complicated. And I agree, we can't have our negotiating team being the UK electorate.

However, when the details of any such arrangement are very complicated, as they are in this case, it makes democratic sense to say something along the lines of "is this what you want?" That way people can vote on the details that have been arranged by the executive. There are examples of referendums being used in this way.