Who was this statement even aimed at? Theresa May addresses the public but her words are entirely political - she is unable to put her agenda on hold to speak candidly for even one minute. Now would be the time to be honest with us; instead she infiltrates her speech with more pro-Brexit propaganda.
She says that she won't delay Brexit past June, because we have already waited three years to leave the EU. First of all, who is 'we'? It certainly doesn't include me. But then again, this is typical of the UK's 'representative' democracy.
My fate was decided in 2016 by a fraction who voted Leave. Then it was sealed in 2017 by an electorate that voted Tory. Now, when I am finally of voting age, that question doesn't come back to me, because our dear PM would rather leave it in the hands of 27 European Heads of State (which, by the way, she would not have had to do if she hadn't spent the last 3 months running down the clock asking Parliament the same questions multiple times, and then asking the EU to renegotiate the same deal over and over again, despite them consistently refusing to do so). And this, in the country known to be the Mother of Democracy, I beg of you.
Theresa May refuses to hold a second referendum. She says: "We asked you the question already, and you gave us your answer." Yet why is it ok for you to try and make Parliament pass a deal three times? The 2016 referendum resulted in 51.9% of voters (not even the country) voting Leave, which somehow became the Will of the People. Theresa May's deal was rejected by Parliament in the biggest government defeat in history, which, in May's eyes, seems to be a mere inconvenience. What logic, therefore, to defy a second referendum on the grounds that the question has already been asked and answered!
Don't tell me, Prime Minister, that you understand that we are sick of Brexit dominating politics, when other issues are at stake, when it is you that triggered Article 50. Don't tell me, that you are 'on my side'. In 9 days I might be left sans papiers (not to mention the recession we can feel in the air) and yet you continue this charade of trying to bully Parliament into accepting a deal which few would have even dared to present. Please, let the farce end here.