The Liberal Democrats are pro-remain I think? But they're an irrelevance at least parliamentarily.
I think it might be something like an idea that if your reaction to a protest vote by people who feel like they aren't being listened to, is to turn around and say "we're not going to take your vote at face value, and we're going to do something else anyway", then they (quite justifiably imo) might not take it very well.
It's tricky, because I agree with you that a good proportion of the leave vote doesn't care specifically about leaving the EU, but associates it with other issues (although I think a fair chunk of the leavers actually did vote leave knowing what they were getting). And I also think that Corbyn vould have done more than he has.
I don't really know what I'd like to see.
1984 but with lots of stats.
But where is the opposition saying that the referendum was nothing more than a protest vote against immigration, 52-48% is a narrow split, we can't possibly have our cake and eat it too (eg on freedom of movement) and that pursuing some Norway like model combines the worst of both worlds (eg maintaining membership of the EU customs union and being subject to its rules without having the power to vote on and control the EU agenda as a member would).
The backstop is nothing more than kicking the can down the street and the ultimate result is probably reunification with Ireland, which is why the DUP in particular and the Conservatives in general don't want it.
The only alternatives are hard exit and remaining.
Why hasn't the opposition been more vocal about this? All I see is hand-wringing and non-committal rhetoric from Corbyn.