>>711077>a government asked for a vote on a issue and then did not like the result. For what reason would anyone pretend otherwise?While this is true, it's important you recognise that a referendum is not a vote. When you phone in to keep Anne Widdecombe on Strictly, that's a vote because there's a legally-binding consequence. That's not the case with a referendum, as the foundation of how the government works is that the will of the people is expressed solely by the MPs.
Having this referendum in the first place suggested that it was sort of like voting, creating a whole group of people who thought they just voted on something, because they don't know their history, and don't know their politics. And this is the root of this whole quagmire now: people asking how MPs can "ignore the will of the people", when they're in fact enacting the will of the people by delivering the platform they were elected on.
