Maybe...

I didn't coin the term Bremain, but I really liked it. I heard it first from the then Irish Ambassador to Britain, Dan Mulhall (now in Washington). I thought the word had the potential to capture people's imagination and help more people think positively about the benefits of being part of the European Union. The big ideas was to help switch the polarity of the debate, so people could say there were in favour of Bremain or Bremaining. Making the stay-in option the positive choice.

It is still possible? I read an article in The Times yesterday in which the Turkish economy minister claims that construction projects worth billions of dollars are up for grabs for British and Turkish companies. 

"Brexit is going to create opportunities for Turkey and the UK," Mr Zeybekci said. He apparently added that negotiations to sign a free trade deal immediately after the UK leaves in 2021 were progressing well. Oops, I thought we were not meant allowed to do that yet...

This may Turkish delight may well be a good opportunity, but it is will only ever be something akin to a widdle in the ocean compared with the levels of trade the UK has with the EU. With Trump's wild and random approach to foreign and trade policy ... do we really want to nail ourselves to that particular jelly as the source of future growth, prosperity and trade?

So maybe, just maybe... sense can still prevail and the UK will not actually fully leave the EU. I honestly do not believe it is 'the will of the people' in UK to leave the EU. Now that we have had the opportunity to really understand what a bloody mess it will create, while the combination of Trump and Putin have made the world less certain of anything.

Does anyone really believe that everything that has happened since the referendum hasn't shifted some of the population to think differently about the decision? It would require about 600,000 people to change their vote, less than 2% of those who voted leave to vote remain.

It is not only highly irresponsible to push ahead with a decision when you know the basis on which that decision was made has changed, it is also sad, depressing and really stupid.

16,141, 241 people voted to remain. 17,410,742 people voted to leave. 48.1% to 51.9%, on a 72.2% turnout.