That's what I find interesting. Elected officials telling the public they can't decide what they want.
that doesnt change the fact that a vote was taken and they are trying to reverse the result .that is not how democracy is supposed to work. the people have spoken
That's not really what's happening, although I can see why it seems like that.
Brexit is unquestionably bad for the country. That can't really be denied at this point. Parliament is trying to deliver on it but they are putting measures in place to ensure its not a complete clusterfuck and unfortunately the only Brexit available IS a clusterfuck, so it's causing an impasse.
Leaving without a deal would be absolutely crazy; the Irish border would become a hard border, which would contravene the Good Friday Agreement. Over half of our overseas trade is with the EU or countries we have trade agreements with through the EU. We'll become poorer overnight and unemployment will increase if we lose that. Look at the farmer issue with Trump's trade war with China and consider China only accounts for 8.4% of US exports.
So our parliament have put legislation in place saying that we have to do everything we can to avoid leaving without a trade deal, which seems sensible. It also wouldn't be democratic, as although 52% of the vote was for leaving the EU, many people voted that way expecting a Norway or Switzerland type deal, where we remain part of the European Economic Area (EEA). Only a small proportion of people want to leave without a deal.
So the next step is to get a deal agreed but of course the only deal available is a shit one because the EU won't give us something better than actual membership. So parliament rejected Theresa May's awful deal and will reject Boris's deal too, which effectively puts a trade border up the Irish Sea.
The whole process has been handled terribly, it's not really fair to blame parliament for trying to mitigate the issues. If a reasonable deal was agreed, I think most people would accept Brexit.