The Official Opposition has so far been quiet when it comes to the single market referendum

So far this term, the Classical Liberals have been the principle opposition when it comes to the single market referendum. Fighting line by line, in debate after debate, the Classical Liberals lead by Duncs11 has been firm in their opposition to the single market referendum, outspoken that they believe the result to be illegitimate, tough on the fact they bitterly oppose the government on this matter.



This is a respectable position. Even if you disagree with the fundamentals of the Classical Liberal position, that is fair enough. I'm not here to dispute the merits of whether or not there should or not should be a referendum. That ground has been debated extensively between government and Classical Liberal MPs.



Noticeably, the debate has been centered between government and Classical Liberal MPs.



The Traffic-Light opposition, the government in waiting, has been far too quiet on the single market referendum, ducking questions on the matter and refusing to debate them.



Of course, this is not too surprising.



The Green Party mentioned Brexit once in their election manifesto, merely mentioning that "we will work for a deal to make us productive members of the European Economic Area." Despite knowing that a referendum on the single market was in the works, they made no mention to it in their election manifesto. Labour's manifesto attacked a single market referendum that never came (it's here now) and pledged to remain in the single market. The Liberal Democrats have decided to scrap all attempts at even trying to enact the results of the EU referendum and have pledged to "halt any attempt to leave."



It is clear that within the Traffic-Light coalition that there is no clear idea on how to leave the European Union and no clear direction for how to handle the single market referendum. You have the Lib Dems demanding no Brexit, you have the Greens and Labour providing us with little detail which exposes how they will make a mess of it and how much they hate the entire idea of leaving the EU.



Importantly, not only is there a lack of clarity on their Brexit stance in general, but also on the single market referendum itself and whether they will respect the result.



You would assume that if the people voted to leave the single market, the Greens would respect the result. No commitment to leaving the single market if their is a leave vote has been made. You would assume the same of Labour. No commitment to leaving the single market if their is a leave vote has been made. You would assume the same of the Liberal Democrats. You would be wrong to assume that, as they refuse to accept even a vote to leave the EU and it would be very out of character for the Liberal Democrats to accept a referendum result.



All of this provides a clear picture which shows that when it comes to the single market referendum, the Traffic-Light opposition are playing fast and loose with the rules. They do not want to talk about it, they will not talk about.



When TheQuipton, the Brexit Secretary, announced the single market referendum, where was his opposite number, the shadow Brexit secretary and Labour leader akc8? Not in the debate, that's for sure. Shall I tell you what we learned? We heard from a few opposition MPs they can't wait to campaign to remain. Unlike the government, who has pledged to carry out the result, the Traffic-Light coalition has failed to make that commitment.



We saw it again when the Commons debated Duncs11's bill to nullify the referendum result. No ack8, no Green MPs, no Liberal Democrats, no official policy on whether they would accept and implement a vote to leave the single market.



Now, I could be wrong. The Traffic-Light coalition might act and leave the single market if the people decide to in a referendum. However, I have yet to see that pledge.



So, I'm urging the Traffic-Light coalition to make that pledge. If the British people vote to leave the single market in the upcoming referendum, respect the result and implement the wishes of the British people. Do not backslide on this referendum result like the Liberal Democrats have done for the EU referendum, respect it, and allow us to leave the single market.