Yea I used to live there before I went to Cali but thought more people would relate to cali <| sep |> I ' m assuming your auto correct is kicking in because it ' s quite hard to follow your writing . Your point of the in principle and de facto means nothing . There is a recognised law and that is all that matters . There is no lawful requirement for parliament to leave the EU . Politically of course that may be difficult but it is entirely legal . The democracy we live in as I ' m sure you know is representative . That didn ' t change for this vote . The act itself states that it ' s not binding on parliament . I don ' t believe it would be a particularily big thing if we don ' t leave , I think the core who are committed are relatively small and whilst I understand their legitimate concerns about the vote , the absolute disregard for the impact of Brexit the do it and be damned with it attitude delegitimises their moral outrage . To use your own terms , the ' principle ' that a vote should be followed regardless of the negative impact on the country and its inhabitants is moot . At the end of all this I actually believe if there were to be a scenario where Brexit doesn ' t happen it will be because of the leavers rather than because of those on the remain side . That may sound oxymoronic but the perceived lack of interest in the wellbeing of the country in the single minded pursuit of a single issue simply won ' t work well . The vote may have just scraped to the leave side but the country was , and is , not convinced .