is having a Remain candidate in every constituency a valid idea?

[lucydogz]

Following this announcement

[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/20/european-parliament-will-welcome-britain-back-if-voters-veto-brexit]

wouldn't it make sense for Remainers to organise that there was a single-issue candidate in every constituency, standing purely on the grounds of stopping Brexit? Effectively this could be a second Referendum.
If I was anti Brexit, and felt strongly about it, I could see no point in voting Tory, Labour or Lib Dem.
I've heard many people asserting that the margin was too narrow, that people didn't know what they were letting themselves in for etc. Given these views, this would be a perfect opportunity to address this.
I remember Martin Lewis standing against Hamilton purely on an anti-corruption platform, and he won.
Sorry if this is badly worded, and this is probably naïve, but would be interested to know what other's think.

Why can Remainers not be represented by leave MP's?

Many are and will be in future. But they still have the right to place their vote elsewhere, to vote in line with their beliefs and/ or interests, and to withdraw their support from an MP if they don't like his/her stance on the brexit issue. While I don't support the idea of single-issue candidates (would just split the remain vote), for many of the people I know this is a single issue election.

There are a number of resources now doing the rounds on Twitter etc which are intended to help people to assess which is the best anti-brexit vote in their constituency.

I dont disagree that it might be the biggest issue but there has to be other business. Unless whatever selection of MPs we have are happy to let this government's program continue on. Many budget cuts and changes are scheduled for 2018, 19 and 20.

I don't disagree explodedcloud. But brexit is such a huge task that it will occupy a disproportionate amount of government and civil service attention and resources for many years to come.

This is already having an impact: for example, government contracts which are reaching the end of their contract period are simply being rolled over rather than being put out to competitive tender. Brexit is very good for the companies that benefited from Cameron's brand of crony capitalism ...

For many people a GE is a single issue matter. In the Witney by election, for many it was Brexit, for others it was the closure of a local surgery. For one person, the most pressing matter was to bring a railway back to Witney - which didn't feature on any of the candidates manifestos.

I think we're all agreed that it's going to take up most of the energy and machinery of government either way. But it's the direction we're travelling alongside that that bothers me. The things that may or may not be sacrificed in the name of our divorce or reconciliation. And these things will happen quietly buried beneath sorting out our relationship with the EU. I would want to know what I was voting for.

Absolutely things will be buried or quietly stitched up in some back committee room because all eyes are on Brexit (and that's what makes TM's drive for greater powers even more terrifying). Even if I agreed with the aims of Brexit, I would worry about its potential to distract from other pressing issues.

I would worry about its potential to distract from other pressing issues.
Unless of course, it's a vanity project like Grammar and Free Schools!