I don't think burning a 93-year-old woman would go down that well with the British public, especially when she's not necessarily anti-EU. Just because it's "Her Majesty's Government" doesn't mean she agrees with it.
At least for those wish to remain, there is a fairly clear choice when it comes to elections. Unfortunately our first-past-the-post election system makes it difficult for smaller parties to win representation - unlike, say, the European Parliament. In fact, chances are greatest when we are more divided, because the Brexit party takes votes away from both the Conservatives and Labour. And of course, we seem to be at a point where having an election will lead to leaving by default. The next fortnight may be painful.
The problem is that the EU's been a scapegoat for unpopular policies for so long now. It's far easier than facing up to the hard truths: there is a limited pot of money; few people want to add to it, but everyone wants services from it; you can't have a system of laws that satisfy everyone all the time. There is a valid debate to be had about the concept of a "federal European Union"; but that has never been a great vote-winner by itself, so politicians have attached it to other issues. And it's hard to extol many of the benefits of the EU, especially to those who do not have a need for the most obvious ones (but who still benefit, until we actually leave, when they'll wonder why certain things got so expensive all of a sudden).
I don't think burning a 93-year-old woman would go down that well with the British public, especially when she's not necessarily anti-EU. Just because it's "Her Majesty's Government" doesn't mean she agrees with it.
At least for those wish to remain, there is a fairly clear choice when it comes to elections. Unfortunately our first-past-the-post election system makes it difficult for smaller parties to win representation - unlike, say, the European Parliament. In fact, chances are greatest when we are more divided, because the Brexit party takes votes away from both the Conservatives and Labour. And of course, we seem to be at a point where having an election will lead to leaving by default. The next fortnight may be painful.
The problem is that the EU's been a scapegoat for unpopular policies for so long now. It's far easier than facing up to the hard truths: there is a limited pot of money; few people want to add to it, but everyone wants services from it; you can't have a system of laws that satisfy everyone all the time. There is a valid debate to be had about the concept of a "federal European Union"; but that has never been a great vote-winner by itself, so politicians have attached it to other issues. And it's hard to extol many of the benefits of the EU, especially to those who do not have a need for the most obvious ones (but who still benefit, until we actually leave, when they'll wonder why certain things got so expensive all of a sudden).