@nooneinparticular Said
Neither Parliament nor May ever seriously considered preparing for a hard Brexit because Leave painted such a rosy picture of what might be possible that they never really put much thought into what would happen if they couldn't get what they wanted.
That is absurd. The Remain campaign - that included May and most of Parliament - rejected everything the Leave campaign said. So to claim that come negotiations post the Referendum they suddenly believed the so called "rosy picture" painted by Leave is laughable.
To not prepare for a situation where you arent able to negotiate an acceptable deal is disgraceful and hardly the fault of Leave. It's ultimately the fault of May's government in particular, and Parliamment in general.
If you are serious about negotiating an exit then you have to let the other side know that you are prepared to accept no deal over a bad deal. To do otherwise is at best mind-boggingly incompetent. By letting the EU know that they would not accept a no deal exit May, her Government and Parliament as a whole, were telling the EU that they would accept a bad deal over no deal. And a bad deal is exactly what they got.
The reality is that May was a remainer and wasnt genuinely committed to leaving the EU. Most of Parliament were remainers and didnt want the UK to leave the EU. The true feelings of Parliament re the UK leaving the EU and honouring the result of the people's vote has been there for all to see in the past week.
@nooneinparticular Said
The fact that both Parliament and the negotiators were blinded by the shiny promises is not at all the same as saying that Parliament actively took no deal off the table and tied the negotiators hands. The negotiators and Parliament both CHOSE, through their own volition, not to entertain a no deal scenario.
In the words of John McEnroe; "You cannot be serious". Are you really blaming May's half arsed, incompetent negotiations on the Leave campaign???
To claim Parliament and the negotiators were somehow blinded by the "shiny promises" of the Leave campaign is laughable. These are the same people who openly rubbished all of the so called "shiny promises" to which you refer. The simple reality is that they were not blinded by any "shiny promises" but rather by their love of the EU. And Parliament did effectively take no deal off the table by making it clear that a no deal exit wasnt an option. May's negotiators never seriously considered a no deal exit. Meanwhile the EU were saying they were fine with the UK leaving without a deal...and so they had all of the power in the incredibly lopsided negotiations.