"Clive D.W. Feather" wrote in message
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On 07/11/2016 13:35, tim... wrote:
So why are they desperately pushing ahead with Brexit despite it being
because it's what the people voted for

But it was a non-binding advisory vote.

Oh come on

The Tories are implementing it (because it was voted for), because to do
anything else would see them lose considerable support to UKIP at the next
election.

They are following the result of the referendum because politics forces them
to. not because they are legally required to do so.

If the government had intended it to be binding on them, they could have
written one line into the referendum Act to say so. Which would have also
saved them an embarrassing defeat in the High Court (and, I predict, a
repeat in the Supreme Court).

They didn't bother to do that because they had no expectation of losing, not
because they wanted to leave Remoaners with a "get out" if they did (not
that any of that matters - see previous para)

tim