My MP Dr Sarah Wolleston originally came out for leave, she then said she wanted to stay. After the vote she wanted an EEA agreement (remarkably what the country were sold in a referendum regarding joining)
Now she says that the public did not know what they were voting for and we need a people's vote. This is code for staying in as everyone who suggests a people's vote calls for remain to be on the ballot and two leave choices, thereby splitting the leave vote and ensuring remain wins.
Dr Sarah Wolleston enjoys using a medical analogy to explain why the people, her voters were stupid and need to be asked again.
http://www.drsarah.org.uk/sarah's-blog/informed-consent-is-essential-before-brexit-surgery/2825
I would like to offer my own version.
Imagine you knew something was wrong in your body and so went to the experts for advice. You are then told something is not right and you have two choices. You can either do nothing in which case the problem will continue to develop with an unknown ending, or you can have surgery the effect of which is unknown.
So, you decide despite the risks to have the surgery and at that point you leave the details to the experts having given them consent to act collectively on your behalf and undertake the procedure.
Now, imagine your surprise when you are woken up on the operating table to be told that not only is the surgeon so incompetent they do not know what they are doing, but the medical team cannot agree on what surgery to undertake.
As a result, they want you to decide again, do you really want to have the surgery now you know they are incapable, or do you want to decide to not have the surgery which would be easier for the medical team, but leave you with the disease and an uncertain future you cannot control.
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