Autumn, I'm not sure I agree with you that fhey are working against the people. I genuinely don't think anyone knows what rhe people want other than for this to be done either way.
I don't think anyone can argue that the referendum was done on, at best, an incomplete picture, so people voted not understanding what the implications were. Arguably they still don't. Because the government won't reveal it.
One of the Scottish societies, I can't recall what for, I think poverty or something, asked the government to release the dossier so they could prepare, and the response was "it's not in the public's interests to know that".
As much as I agree with that to some extent, it would cause mass panic and riots, it's also not in the governments interests. The opposition party leaders have all been shown it, but only under the official secrets act, they are bound to confidentiality.
I think it was wrong to ask the people in the first place. But I do think if it has to go back to the people then the government should be duty bound to ensure the public is aware of all the facts so they can't vote from a place of knowledge and not one of political game play and one up man ship.
To be fair though, at the last referendum the information wasn't available. But it is now, it's garnered from thousands of critical companies who have and still are working their arses off to try to mitigate as best they can, and what they have submitted to the government on the white papers, is the best case.