Hmm. Sounds like it is rigged to force members to stay in the gang?
I can see an argument for that, but I don't believe that was the intention - at least by the European Union.
The entirety of Article 50 is designed to set out a clear and fairly straightforward process for a member to leave the European Union.
But the writers rather assumed that the country that was trying to do it would not be dealing with people within its own country trying to derail the entire process.
That is the problem here.
Some of the 'Remainers' - not all of them, but some of them - are willing to use any tactic they can to derail Brexit. And they are exploiting the weaknesses of Article 50.
They are aided and abetted by this by their comrades in other EU countries who also don't Britain to leave, and some of those comrades do hold significant positions in the governments of their own countries (EU member states) or in the EU heirarchy - and they are also using Article 50 to frustrate.
But the European Union as a whole probably doesn't much care if a member leaves - it's the fight between the factions within that is the issue.
you are leaving a club - you are requesting certain conditions from the club — do you get a vote on whether you are leaving or not?