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Can someone ELI5 Everybody on both sides considers the deal a huge compromise and hope that by voting it down, their prefered solution will become viable. I b

• dragonwriter 8y ago
  > I bet however that if this deal was put to a single ranked vote against all other options, everybody would put it as nr 2 and it would comfortably win. I don't think there is consensus on what all other options are. It's clear that options Constitutionally available to Parliament and within it's power (i.e., no external approval needed) include no Brexit, the deal they just rejected for a near-immediate Brexit, and no-deal near-immediate Brexit, as well as a snap second referendum (which isn't an outcome option, but it is a political option which differs from unilaterally choosing an outcome option.) But it's clear that there are parties that thing that a a better-deal Brexit and/or a delayed Brexit (or delayed decision on whether to have a Brexit) are acheivable options. OTOH, I think there are probably plenty of people who rank no deal and no Brexit both ahead of the deal on offer.