A strong argument for citizens’ assemblies discussing our future EU relationship… In Ireland, assemblies: “helped inform public debate before the referendums, so the country talked to itself before it voted, and the result is remembered for its maturity rather than its bitterness.”

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We can't seriously expect people to choose rail when it costs three times as much as flying. We need a clear duty on the Secretary of State and Great British Railways, to improve the affordability of travelling by train and make fares fair.

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excellent article & absolutely right. There’s no clever constitutional fix that could prevent us leaving again, that’s true, but a fair & honest politics would help create the right landscape for us to join and stay joined. Proportional representation would stop a single party taking us out again.

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And frankly, if after trying to help people understand the benefits of the euro, they still won't accept it as part of joining the EU again and be a committed member, then I don't think we're ready to join the EU again. The EU deserves better than that.

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And if we can't build sufficient support for membership on those terms, then we shouldn't hold a referendum. We wait until people are ready. That's the point I'm making in the article. I don't want to win a referendum for something people haven't actually consented to.

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