• CAROLINE Lucas and the Green Party have been calling for a People’s Vote on Brexit since the results of the 2016 referendum.

I would urge supporters of such a vote to join the march tomorrow (Satur­day). The arguments for and against a People’s Vote, however, have been well covered in these letters pages so I won’t repeat them here.

What we all need to address, though, whatever the outcome of Brexit, whatever the mechanism which eventually gets us there, and whether we’re Leavers or Remainers, is how we repair the toxic legacy of Cameron’s and Osborne’s decision to run the referendum by a simple majority vote.

Usually, even a small sports or social club would require a two-thirds or three-quarters majority to support a change to its constitution rather than risk leaving almost half the membership angry and alienated – never mind a vote which will affect the whole country and its neighbours for generations to come.

Whoever finally wins the debate, our community needs both the winners and losers to work together to heal the wounds dividing us, which currently seem certain to leave half the UK fuming and disaffected.

The country as a whole needs to think about how to restore confidence in our politics and our politicians; how to address the poisonous rhetoric and increased levels of hate crime that social media often seem to empower; how to encourage democratic debate on all sides; and how to make sure marginalised voices are heard and listened to.

After the ongoing playground shambles of the Brexit process, we need our democracy to grow up.

ANDREW MYER
Islington Green Party