Interesting article in the Guardian today (yeah I know left wing elitist rag blah blah). As you say, another referendum cannot be Remain/Leave as we would be no further forward. If it's a two choice referendum it's either got to be No Deal/Theresa's Deal, Theresa's deal /Remain or No deal /Remain. So something would have to be eliminated making one lot unhappy.
The other option they suggested was putting 3 on the paper, and allow a second preference vote. The worry with that is we all end up with Theresa's deal
But the priority of parliament is to avoid a NO DEAL BREXIT.
Bearing in mind that;
1. The 2016 referendum should have never been put to the people.
2. That May tried to by-pass parliament with her deal.
3. Further May tried to block parliament’s right to stop the whole process.
Therefore, surely, parliament must now take control. Otherwise arguably our democracy appears to be failing.
I think we will increasingly hear of a cross party initiative over the next few days. This may either happen by consensus or via the brutal mechanism of a no confidence vote.
I think the 2 overall priorities will be;
1. There cannot be a NO DEAL BREXIT
2. The Good Friday Agreement must not be undermined in any shape or form.
Plus, initially somewhat privately across the Labour, Tories and Lib Dems (what’s left of them) the third objective will be to squash any call for a second Independence referendum.
If the three priorities can be agreed, then it’s not difficult to see where we end up.
Plus parliament will have asserted it’s power, uncertainty nipped in the bud and our economy can begin to move forwards again. Unrest in NI averted and the integrity of the UK secured for some years to come.