A Final Say is the only way to settle the Brexit question once and for all

Editorial: The question of what the British people want to do about Brexit cannot be answered through a general election

There are many arguments for an early general election. There are also quite a few, with rather greater potency, for not troubling the electorate at this time of year, and for the government to get on with the job of getting Brexit and other legislation through parliament.

However, the one argument that simply doesn’t wash is that a snap election will end the Brexit trauma.

First comes a matter of logic and principle: the general election is the wrong answer to the Brexit question. The question is not so much about who runs the country as whether we now wish to leave the EU on the agreed (so far as they are) terms.