The ongoing Brexit debate

As an insider looking in, the whole Brexit debate is astonishing, a referendum was held some time ago now and the people voted - what really is the issue?

Apparently now a segment of the population are unhappy with the vote and calling for another referendum. What happens if the result is the same? Call more referendums until you get the actual vote you really want? If the vote is closer, will there be discussion that public sediment is changing so a third referendum is required after the non-exit lobby undertakes further discussion and advertising?

Will leaving the EU give the United Kingdom more autonomy? I suspect so - from my discussions with people and I am aware this is a generalisation; it would appear the younger generation want to stay and the older generation want out. The EU is holding out, they are playing winner take all at the moment.

I can see that because the EU wants to make it unpalatable for further sovereign nations to exit the EU, they are trying to build the United States of Europe but they are dealing with independent countries with a long history who don't want to hand control of their country to a central government. No country wants to lose their national identity and the richer more efficient countries don't want to subsidise the poorer inefficient countries - I can see that.

The EU wants to erect barriers to prevent further nations from exiting, this however creates an atmosphere of distrust and a lack of respect for EU processes and membership. Just recently we saw the issues with Greece, then Portugal and also Ireland who wanted out after their debt crisis. The EU may have bailed these countries out but their residents ask at what cost?

From what I see and I know I could be incorrect, the EU pretty much doesn’t build relationships between nations at the moment, they are taking a more dictatorial approach. From my experiences in both the private enterprise and public sectors, business managers have learnt a command and control management approach has been succeeded by a more collaborative methodology but I'm seeing an EU leadership just not catching on.